diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 6d266d793e2caba12ef6b65501ab1db116c50574..80ff3381fa218950b7753db8ac907144f7579e4f 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -562,26 +562,23 @@ static int fat_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct msdos_dir_entry *raw_entry;
 	loff_t i_pos;
-	int err = 0;
+	int err;
 
 retry:
 	i_pos = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos;
 	if (inode->i_ino == MSDOS_ROOT_INO || !i_pos)
 		return 0;
 
-	lock_super(sb);
 	bh = sb_bread(sb, i_pos >> sbi->dir_per_block_bits);
 	if (!bh) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "FAT: unable to read inode block "
 		       "for updating (i_pos %lld)\n", i_pos);
-		err = -EIO;
-		goto out;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 	spin_lock(&sbi->inode_hash_lock);
 	if (i_pos != MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos) {
 		spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_hash_lock);
 		brelse(bh);
-		unlock_super(sb);
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
@@ -607,11 +604,10 @@ static int fat_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_hash_lock);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	err = 0;
 	if (wait)
 		err = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 	brelse(bh);
-out:
-	unlock_super(sb);
 	return err;
 }