diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
index d1ce48e1b3d6..1d596d8c4a4a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ enum {
 	OI_LS_PARENT,
 	OI_LS_RENAME1,
 	OI_LS_RENAME2,
+	OI_LS_REFLINK_TARGET,
 };
 
 int ocfs2_dlm_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 0afeda83120f..efdd75607406 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4201,8 +4201,9 @@ static int __ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&new_inode->i_mutex);
-	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(new_inode, &new_bh, 1);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&new_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
+	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock_nested(new_inode, &new_bh, 1,
+				      OI_LS_REFLINK_TARGET);
 	if (ret) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		goto out_unlock;