diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index b6adf68a5c0204..31bbdb52b899e8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4111,7 +4111,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_add_n_trim(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 		/* The max size of hash table is PREALLOC_TB_SIZE */
 		order = PREALLOC_TB_SIZE - 1;
 	/* Add the prealloc space to lg */
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	spin_lock(&lg->lg_prealloc_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(tmp_pa, &lg->lg_prealloc_list[order],
 						pa_inode_list) {
 		spin_lock(&tmp_pa->pa_lock);
@@ -4135,12 +4135,12 @@ static void ext4_mb_add_n_trim(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 	if (!added)
 		list_add_tail_rcu(&pa->pa_inode_list,
 					&lg->lg_prealloc_list[order]);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&lg->lg_prealloc_lock);
 
 	/* Now trim the list to be not more than 8 elements */
 	if (lg_prealloc_count > 8) {
 		ext4_mb_discard_lg_preallocations(sb, lg,
-						order, lg_prealloc_count);
+						  order, lg_prealloc_count);
 		return;
 	}
 	return ;