struct file_ra_state ra_state;
        int error, rgrps;
 
-       mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_rindex_mutex);
        file_ra_state_init(&ra_state, inode->i_mapping);
        for (rgrps = 0;; rgrps++) {
                loff_t pos = rgrps * sizeof(struct gfs2_rindex);
                        break;
                total_data += be32_to_cpu(((struct gfs2_rindex *)buf)->ri_data);
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_rindex_mutex);
        return total_data;
 }
 
-static void rgd_insert(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
+static int rgd_insert(struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd)
 {
        struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = rgd->rd_sbd;
        struct rb_node **newn = &sdp->sd_rindex_tree.rb_node, *parent = NULL;
                else if (rgd->rd_addr > cur->rd_addr)
                        newn = &((*newn)->rb_right);
                else
-                       return;
+                       return -EEXIST;
        }
 
        rb_link_node(&rgd->rd_node, parent, newn);
        rb_insert_color(&rgd->rd_node, &sdp->sd_rindex_tree);
+       sdp->sd_rgrps++;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
        if (rgd->rd_data > sdp->sd_max_rg_data)
                sdp->sd_max_rg_data = rgd->rd_data;
        spin_lock(&sdp->sd_rindex_spin);
-       rgd_insert(rgd);
-       sdp->sd_rgrps++;
+       error = rgd_insert(rgd);
        spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_rindex_spin);
-       return error;
+       if (!error)
+               return 0;
+
+       error = 0; /* someone else read in the rgrp; free it and ignore it */
 
 fail:
        kfree(rgd->rd_bits);
 
        /* Read new copy from disk if we don't have the latest */
        if (!sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate) {
-               mutex_lock(&sdp->sd_rindex_mutex);
                if (!gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(gl)) {
                        error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &ri_gh);
                        if (error)
-                               goto out_unlock;
+                               return error;
                        unlock_required = 1;
                }
                if (!sdp->sd_rindex_uptodate)
                        error = gfs2_ri_update(ip);
                if (unlock_required)
                        gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ri_gh);
-out_unlock:
-               mutex_unlock(&sdp->sd_rindex_mutex);
        }
 
-
        return error;
 }