diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 77d6d47abc838be3a18acc837f9f97816974e6e1..f844533792ee99d7c7191f070869d1462cea52ab 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1811,11 +1811,16 @@ int reiserfs_new_inode(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 				  TYPE_STAT_DATA, SD_SIZE, MAX_US_INT);
 	memcpy(INODE_PKEY(inode), &(ih.ih_key), KEY_SIZE);
 	args.dirid = le32_to_cpu(ih.ih_key.k_dir_id);
-	if (insert_inode_locked4(inode, args.objectid,
-			     reiserfs_find_actor, &args) < 0) {
+
+	reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
+	err = insert_inode_locked4(inode, args.objectid,
+			     reiserfs_find_actor, &args);
+	reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
+	if (err) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_bad_inode;
 	}
+
 	if (old_format_only(sb))
 		/* not a perfect generation count, as object ids can be reused, but
 		 ** this is as good as reiserfs can do right now.