return ret;
 }
 
+static int btrfs_insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode)
+{
+       struct btrfs_iget_args args;
+       args.location = &BTRFS_I(inode)->location;
+       args.root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+
+       return insert_inode_locked4(inode,
+                  btrfs_inode_hash(inode->i_ino, BTRFS_I(inode)->root),
+                  btrfs_find_actor, &args);
+}
+
 static struct inode *btrfs_new_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
                                     struct btrfs_root *root,
                                     struct inode *dir,
                sizes[1] = name_len + sizeof(*ref);
        }
 
+       location = &BTRFS_I(inode)->location;
+       location->objectid = objectid;
+       location->offset = 0;
+       btrfs_set_key_type(location, BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY);
+
+       ret = btrfs_insert_inode_locked(inode);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto fail;
+
        path->leave_spinning = 1;
        ret = btrfs_insert_empty_items(trans, root, path, key, sizes, nitems);
        if (ret != 0)
-               goto fail;
+               goto fail_unlock;
 
        inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
        inode_set_bytes(inode, 0);
        btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(path->nodes[0]);
        btrfs_free_path(path);
 
-       location = &BTRFS_I(inode)->location;
-       location->objectid = objectid;
-       location->offset = 0;
-       btrfs_set_key_type(location, BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY);
-
        btrfs_inherit_iflags(inode, dir);
 
        if (S_ISREG(mode)) {
                                BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM;
        }
 
-       btrfs_insert_inode_hash(inode);
        inode_tree_add(inode);
 
        trace_btrfs_inode_new(inode);
                          btrfs_ino(inode), root->root_key.objectid, ret);
 
        return inode;
+
+fail_unlock:
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
 fail:
        if (dir && name)
                BTRFS_I(dir)->index_cnt--;
                goto out_unlock;
        }
 
-       err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
-       if (err) {
-               drop_inode = 1;
-               goto out_unlock;
-       }
-
        /*
        * If the active LSM wants to access the inode during
        * d_instantiate it needs these. Smack checks to see
        * if the filesystem supports xattrs by looking at the
        * ops vector.
        */
-
        inode->i_op = &btrfs_special_inode_operations;
-       err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dir, dentry, inode, 0, index);
+       init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
+
+       err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
        if (err)
-               drop_inode = 1;
-       else {
-               init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
+
+       err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dir, dentry, inode, 0, index);
+       if (err) {
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
+       } else {
                btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+               unlock_new_inode(inode);
                d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
        }
+
 out_unlock:
        btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
        btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
                iput(inode);
        }
        return err;
+
+out_unlock_inode:
+       drop_inode = 1;
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
+       goto out_unlock;
+
 }
 
 static int btrfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
                goto out_unlock;
        }
        drop_inode_on_err = 1;
-
-       err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
-       if (err)
-               goto out_unlock;
-
-       err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
-       if (err)
-               goto out_unlock;
-
        /*
        * If the active LSM wants to access the inode during
        * d_instantiate it needs these. Smack checks to see
        */
        inode->i_fop = &btrfs_file_operations;
        inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
+       inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
+       inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
+
+       err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
+       if (err)
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
+
+       err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+       if (err)
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
 
        err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dir, dentry, inode, 0, index);
        if (err)
-               goto out_unlock;
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
 
-       inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
-       inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
        BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
 out_unlock:
        btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
        btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
        return err;
+
+out_unlock_inode:
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
+       goto out_unlock;
+
 }
 
 static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
        }
 
        drop_on_err = 1;
+       /* these must be set before we unlock the inode */
+       inode->i_op = &btrfs_dir_inode_operations;
+       inode->i_fop = &btrfs_dir_file_operations;
 
        err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
        if (err)
-               goto out_fail;
-
-       inode->i_op = &btrfs_dir_inode_operations;
-       inode->i_fop = &btrfs_dir_file_operations;
+               goto out_fail_inode;
 
        btrfs_i_size_write(inode, 0);
        err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
        if (err)
-               goto out_fail;
+               goto out_fail_inode;
 
        err = btrfs_add_link(trans, dir, inode, dentry->d_name.name,
                             dentry->d_name.len, 0, index);
        if (err)
-               goto out_fail;
+               goto out_fail_inode;
 
        d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+       /*
+        * mkdir is special.  We're unlocking after we call d_instantiate
+        * to avoid a race with nfsd calling d_instantiate.
+        */
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
        drop_on_err = 0;
 
 out_fail:
        btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
        btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
        return err;
+
+out_fail_inode:
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
+       goto out_fail;
 }
 
 /* helper for btfs_get_extent.  Given an existing extent in the tree,
 
        set_nlink(inode, 1);
        btrfs_i_size_write(inode, 0);
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
 
        err = btrfs_subvol_inherit_props(trans, new_root, parent_root);
        if (err)
                goto out_unlock;
        }
 
-       err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
-       if (err) {
-               drop_inode = 1;
-               goto out_unlock;
-       }
-
        /*
        * If the active LSM wants to access the inode during
        * d_instantiate it needs these. Smack checks to see
        */
        inode->i_fop = &btrfs_file_operations;
        inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
+       inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
+       inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
+       BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
+
+       err = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
+       if (err)
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
 
        err = btrfs_add_nondir(trans, dir, dentry, inode, 0, index);
        if (err)
-               drop_inode = 1;
-       else {
-               inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &btrfs_aops;
-               inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
-               BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
-       }
-       if (drop_inode)
-               goto out_unlock;
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
 
        path = btrfs_alloc_path();
        if (!path) {
                err = -ENOMEM;
-               drop_inode = 1;
-               goto out_unlock;
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
        }
        key.objectid = btrfs_ino(inode);
        key.offset = 0;
        err = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, path, &key,
                                      datasize);
        if (err) {
-               drop_inode = 1;
                btrfs_free_path(path);
-               goto out_unlock;
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
        }
        leaf = path->nodes[0];
        ei = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0],
        inode_set_bytes(inode, name_len);
        btrfs_i_size_write(inode, name_len);
        err = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
-       if (err)
+       if (err) {
                drop_inode = 1;
+               goto out_unlock_inode;
+       }
+
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
+       d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
 out_unlock:
-       if (!err)
-               d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
        btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
        if (drop_inode) {
                inode_dec_link_count(inode);
        }
        btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
        return err;
+
+out_unlock_inode:
+       drop_inode = 1;
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
+       goto out_unlock;
 }
 
 static int __btrfs_prealloc_file_range(struct inode *inode, int mode,
                goto out;
        }
 
-       ret = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, NULL);
-       if (ret)
-               goto out;
-
-       ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
-       if (ret)
-               goto out;
-
        inode->i_fop = &btrfs_file_operations;
        inode->i_op = &btrfs_file_inode_operations;
 
        inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &root->fs_info->bdi;
        BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree.ops = &btrfs_extent_io_ops;
 
+       ret = btrfs_init_inode_security(trans, inode, dir, NULL);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_inode;
+
+       ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_inode;
        ret = btrfs_orphan_add(trans, inode);
        if (ret)
-               goto out;
+               goto out_inode;
 
        /*
         * We set number of links to 0 in btrfs_new_inode(), and here we set
         *    d_tmpfile() -> inode_dec_link_count() -> drop_nlink()
         */
        set_nlink(inode, 1);
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
        d_tmpfile(dentry, inode);
        mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
                iput(inode);
        btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
        btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
-
        return ret;
+
+out_inode:
+       unlock_new_inode(inode);
+       goto out;
+
 }
 
 static const struct inode_operations btrfs_dir_inode_operations = {