diff --git a/fs/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
index a3658f9..397cb50 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 	umode_t mode = (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
 	int error = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_NORMAL);
 	error = configfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) attr, mode, type);
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);