diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 5d73fbd..2457106 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -603,7 +603,15 @@
 
 static loff_t nfs_llseek_dir(struct file *filp, loff_t offset, int origin)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	struct dentry *dentry = filp->f_path.dentry;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+
+	dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: llseek dir(%s/%s, %lld, %d)\n",
+			dentry->d_parent->d_name.name,
+			dentry->d_name.name,
+			offset, origin);
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	switch (origin) {
 		case 1:
 			offset += filp->f_pos;
@@ -619,7 +627,7 @@
 		nfs_file_open_context(filp)->dir_cookie = 0;
 	}
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	return offset;
 }