diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 6e41fc8fabbe78d1a69b437181bb99eb715ecd28..dc455d45a66aed68bd148cf438081ef3f4b4af02 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,13 @@ int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	}
 	size_change = S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE;
 	if (size_change) {
+		/*
+		 * Here we should wait dio to finish before inode lock
+		 * to avoid a deadlock between ocfs2_setattr() and
+		 * ocfs2_dio_end_io_write()
+		 */
+		inode_dio_wait(inode);
+
 		status = ocfs2_rw_lock(inode, 1);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			mlog_errno(status);
@@ -1200,8 +1207,6 @@ int ocfs2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 		if (status)
 			goto bail_unlock;
 
-		inode_dio_wait(inode);
-
 		if (i_size_read(inode) >= attr->ia_size) {
 			if (ocfs2_should_order_data(inode)) {
 				status = ocfs2_begin_ordered_truncate(inode,