diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index bf0da0382c9ed99b4d9c54cb56c09f5bf8399996..c5e38061a48b1f9435474c40fd01a18a3b4c6adf 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -2032,8 +2032,10 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 
 	ret = fuse_dev_do_write(fud, &cs, len);
 
+	pipe_lock(pipe);
 	for (idx = 0; idx < nbuf; idx++)
 		pipe_buf_release(pipe, &bufs[idx]);
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
 
 out:
 	kvfree(bufs);