diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 5a754f7..98fb98e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -119,9 +119,7 @@
 static void
 nfsd4_sync_rec_dir(void)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&rec_dir.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
-	nfsd_sync_dir(rec_dir.dentry);
-	mutex_unlock(&rec_dir.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+	vfs_fsync(NULL, rec_dir.dentry, 0);
 }
 
 int