diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index 152a0fc4e905..751bc4dc7466 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -689,6 +689,12 @@ static void ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_lock_res *res,
 				   &ocfs2_nfs_sync_lops, osb);
 }
 
+static void ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+{
+	ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock_res_init(&osb->osb_nfs_sync_lockres, osb);
+	init_rwsem(&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock);
+}
+
 void ocfs2_trim_fs_lock_res_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres = &osb->osb_trim_fs_lockres;
@@ -2855,6 +2861,11 @@ int ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int ex)
 	if (ocfs2_is_hard_readonly(osb))
 		return -EROFS;
 
+	if (ex)
+		down_write(&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock);
+	else
+		down_read(&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock);
+
 	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2873,6 +2884,10 @@ void ocfs2_nfs_sync_unlock(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int ex)
 	if (!ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		ocfs2_cluster_unlock(osb, lockres,
 				     ex ? LKM_EXMODE : LKM_PRMODE);
+	if (ex)
+		up_write(&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock);
+	else
+		up_read(&osb->nfs_sync_rwlock);
 }
 
 int ocfs2_trim_fs_lock(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
@@ -3340,7 +3355,7 @@ int ocfs2_dlm_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 local:
 	ocfs2_super_lock_res_init(&osb->osb_super_lockres, osb);
 	ocfs2_rename_lock_res_init(&osb->osb_rename_lockres, osb);
-	ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock_res_init(&osb->osb_nfs_sync_lockres, osb);
+	ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock_init(osb);
 	ocfs2_orphan_scan_lock_res_init(&osb->osb_orphan_scan.os_lockres, osb);
 
 	osb->cconn = conn;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index ee5d98516212..2dd71d626196 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ struct ocfs2_super
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res osb_super_lockres;
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res osb_rename_lockres;
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res osb_nfs_sync_lockres;
+	struct rw_semaphore nfs_sync_rwlock;
 	struct ocfs2_lock_res osb_trim_fs_lockres;
 	struct mutex obs_trim_fs_mutex;
 	struct ocfs2_dlm_debug *osb_dlm_debug;