diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 8a3b6a1a6ad139aa50ba1da2e10bdf6cd0de2980..452cfd1e785fd5b7304edc5472da66fde52f424e 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1176,8 +1176,9 @@ void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&configfs_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&configfs_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_mutex,
+			  I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
 	if (configfs_detach_prep(dentry)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "configfs: Tried to unregister non-empty subsystem!\n");
 	}