diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 8b7616e..c07b7d7 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -2270,7 +2270,6 @@
 			(unsigned long long)off, (unsigned long long)len);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
-	mutex_lock_nested(&inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA);
 	while (towrite > 0) {
 		tocopy = sb->s_blocksize - offset < towrite ?
 		    sb->s_blocksize - offset : towrite;
@@ -2302,16 +2301,13 @@
 		blk++;
 	}
 out:
-	if (len == towrite) {
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	if (len == towrite)
 		return err;
-	}
 	if (inode->i_size < off + len - towrite)
 		i_size_write(inode, off + len - towrite);
 	inode->i_version++;
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	return len - towrite;
 }