diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 07267e0da909410294a3f330eb08fea5d1feefb8..62442e413a001cfbe57607c43e06d408418cf13e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_splice_read(struct file *in,
 				      size_t len,
 				      unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret = 0, lock_level = 0;
 	struct inode *inode = in->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 
 	mlog_entry("(0x%p, 0x%p, %u, '%.*s')\n", in, pipe,
@@ -2037,12 +2037,12 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_splice_read(struct file *in,
 	/*
 	 * See the comment in ocfs2_file_aio_read()
 	 */
-	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, NULL, 0);
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock_atime(inode, in->f_vfsmnt, &lock_level);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto bail;
 	}
-	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
+	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, lock_level);
 
 	ret = generic_file_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);