diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index c9e3b5a..443ebc5 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (!resfhp->fh_dentry) {
 		/* called from nfsd_proc_mkdir, or possibly nfsd3_proc_create */
-		fh_lock(fhp);
+		fh_lock_nested(fhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 		dchild = lookup_one_len(fname, dentry, flen);
 		err = PTR_ERR(dchild);
 		if (IS_ERR(dchild))
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@
 	err = nfserr_notdir;
 	if(!dirp->i_op || !dirp->i_op->lookup)
 		goto out;
-	fh_lock(fhp);
+	fh_lock_nested(fhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 
 	/*
 	 * Compose the response file handle.
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@
 	if (isdotent(name, len))
 		goto out;
 
-	fh_lock(ffhp);
+	fh_lock_nested(ffhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	ddir = ffhp->fh_dentry;
 	dirp = ddir->d_inode;
 
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	fh_lock(fhp);
+	fh_lock_nested(fhp, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 	dentry = fhp->fh_dentry;
 	dirp = dentry->d_inode;