diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/lock.c b/fs/reiserfs/lock.c
index ee2cfc0fd8a77411f3b581ee759792b3579046ae..b87aa2c1afc14fc9165c6f3a4a42c1c06063c0fa 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/lock.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/lock.c
@@ -86,3 +86,12 @@ void reiserfs_check_lock_depth(struct super_block *sb, char *caller)
 		reiserfs_panic(sb, "%s called without kernel lock held %d",
 			       caller);
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK
+void reiserfs_lock_check_recursive(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct reiserfs_sb_info *sb_i = REISERFS_SB(sb);
+
+	WARN_ONCE((sb_i->lock_depth > 0), "Unwanted recursive reiserfs lock!\n");
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index 35d3f459b0ac9de30cf72eae158156d7f536a394..793bf8351ab894d0a12311d12aba42c9d7fcfb34 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ void reiserfs_write_unlock(struct super_block *s);
 int reiserfs_write_lock_once(struct super_block *s);
 void reiserfs_write_unlock_once(struct super_block *s, int lock_depth);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK
+void reiserfs_lock_check_recursive(struct super_block *s);
+#else
+static inline void reiserfs_lock_check_recursive(struct super_block *s) { }
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Several mutexes depend on the write lock.
  * However sometimes we want to relax the write lock while we hold
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ void reiserfs_write_unlock_once(struct super_block *s, int lock_depth);
 static inline void reiserfs_mutex_lock_safe(struct mutex *m,
 			       struct super_block *s)
 {
+	reiserfs_lock_check_recursive(s);
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
 	mutex_lock(m);
 	reiserfs_write_lock(s);
@@ -101,6 +108,7 @@ static inline void
 reiserfs_mutex_lock_nested_safe(struct mutex *m, unsigned int subclass,
 			       struct super_block *s)
 {
+	reiserfs_lock_check_recursive(s);
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
 	mutex_lock_nested(m, subclass);
 	reiserfs_write_lock(s);
@@ -109,6 +117,7 @@ reiserfs_mutex_lock_nested_safe(struct mutex *m, unsigned int subclass,
 static inline void
 reiserfs_down_read_safe(struct rw_semaphore *sem, struct super_block *s)
 {
+	reiserfs_lock_check_recursive(s);
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
 	down_read(sem);
 	reiserfs_write_lock(s);