diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index e59d6ddcc69f..c101704ece48 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -2338,7 +2338,9 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 		tocopy = sb->s_blocksize - offset < towrite ?
 		    sb->s_blocksize - offset : towrite;
 		tmp_bh.b_state = 0;
+		reiserfs_write_lock(sb);
 		err = reiserfs_get_block(inode, blk, &tmp_bh, GET_BLOCK_CREATE);
+		reiserfs_write_unlock(sb);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		if (offset || tocopy != sb->s_blocksize)
@@ -2354,10 +2356,12 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_quota_write(struct super_block *sb, int type,
 		flush_dcache_page(bh->b_page);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
+		reiserfs_write_lock(sb);
 		reiserfs_prepare_for_journal(sb, bh, 1);
 		journal_mark_dirty(current->journal_info, sb, bh);
 		if (!journal_quota)
 			reiserfs_add_ordered_list(inode, bh);
+		reiserfs_write_unlock(sb);
 		brelse(bh);
 		offset = 0;
 		towrite -= tocopy;