diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index bf7a8b3..ef25afd 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -943,6 +943,42 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_new_inode);
 
 /**
+ * lock_two_nondirectories - take two i_mutexes on non-directory objects
+ * @inode1: first inode to lock
+ * @inode2: second inode to lock
+ */
+void lock_two_nondirectories(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode1->i_mode));
+	if (inode1 == inode2 || !inode2) {
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode1->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+		return;
+	}
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(S_ISDIR(inode2->i_mode));
+	if (inode1 < inode2) {
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode1->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode2->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
+	} else {
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode2->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
+		mutex_lock_nested(&inode1->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_two_nondirectories);
+
+/**
+ * unlock_two_nondirectories - release locks from lock_two_nondirectories()
+ * @inode1: first inode to unlock
+ * @inode2: second inode to unlock
+ */
+void unlock_two_nondirectories(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&inode1->i_mutex);
+	if (inode2 && inode2 != inode1)
+		mutex_unlock(&inode2->i_mutex);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_two_nondirectories);
+
+/**
  * iget5_locked - obtain an inode from a mounted file system
  * @sb:		super block of file system
  * @hashval:	hash value (usually inode number) to get