diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index a8f65c1..7ecfe95 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@
 				fuse_send_forget(fc, req, outarg.nodeid, 1);
 				return 0;
 			}
+			spin_lock(&fc->lock);
 			fi->nlookup ++;
+			spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
 		}
 		fuse_put_request(fc, req);
 		if (err || (outarg.attr.mode ^ inode->i_mode) & S_IFMT)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 8e10616..e911423 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@
 	}
 
 	fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
+	spin_lock(&fc->lock);
 	fi->nlookup ++;
+	spin_unlock(&fc->lock);
 	fuse_change_attributes(inode, attr);
 	return inode;
 }