diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
index ef999729e274ead1ed88c699ee86b8011fd5ff77..0d3a97d2d5f659caeb60f20f448ce25371036ff2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dcache.c
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ static int ocfs2_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
 	 */
 	if (inode == NULL) {
 		unsigned long gen = (unsigned long) dentry->d_fsdata;
-		unsigned long pgen =
-			OCFS2_I(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)->ip_dir_lock_gen;
-
+		unsigned long pgen;
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		pgen = OCFS2_I(dentry->d_parent->d_inode)->ip_dir_lock_gen;
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		trace_ocfs2_dentry_revalidate_negative(dentry->d_name.len,
 						       dentry->d_name.name,
 						       pgen, gen);