diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index eb7af39..7b4705b 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -877,23 +877,31 @@
 
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex));
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	node = dentry->d_subdirs.next;
 	while (node != &dentry->d_subdirs) {
 		struct dentry *d = list_entry(node, struct dentry, d_u.d_child);
+
+		spin_lock_nested(&d->d_lock, DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED);
 		list_del_init(node);
 		if (d->d_inode) {
 			/* This should never be called on a cgroup
 			 * directory with child cgroups */
 			BUG_ON(d->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFDIR);
-			d = dget_locked(d);
+			dget_locked_dlock(d);
+			spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 			d_delete(d);
 			simple_unlink(dentry->d_inode, d);
 			dput(d);
 			spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
-		}
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		} else
+			spin_unlock(&d->d_lock);
 		node = dentry->d_subdirs.next;
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 }
 
@@ -902,10 +910,17 @@
  */
 static void cgroup_d_remove_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
+	struct dentry *parent;
+
 	cgroup_clear_directory(dentry);
 
 	spin_lock(&dcache_lock);
+	parent = dentry->d_parent;
+	spin_lock(&parent->d_lock);
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
 	list_del_init(&dentry->d_u.d_child);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	remove_dir(dentry);
 }