diff --git a/fs/ufs/inode.c b/fs/ufs/inode.c
index be7d42c7d938..2d93ab07da8a 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/inode.c
@@ -902,6 +902,9 @@ void ufs_evict_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 
-	if (want_delete)
+	if (want_delete) {
+		lock_ufs(inode->i_sb);
 		ufs_free_inode(inode);
+		unlock_ufs(inode->i_sb);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/ufs/namei.c b/fs/ufs/namei.c
index e491a93a7e9a..1f5223c9e1e2 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/namei.c
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ static int ufs_symlink (struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry,
 	if (l > sb->s_blocksize)
 		goto out_notlocked;
 
+	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
 	inode = ufs_new_inode(dir, S_IFLNK | S_IRWXUGO);
 	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		goto out_notlocked;
+		goto out;
 
-	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
 	if (l > UFS_SB(sb)->s_uspi->s_maxsymlinklen) {
 		/* slow symlink */
 		inode->i_op = &ufs_symlink_inode_operations;
@@ -184,9 +184,13 @@ static int ufs_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 	struct inode * inode;
 	int err;
 
+	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
+	inode_inc_link_count(dir);
+
 	inode = ufs_new_inode(dir, S_IFDIR|mode);
+	err = PTR_ERR(inode);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
-		return PTR_ERR(inode);
+		goto out_dir;
 
 	inode->i_op = &ufs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &ufs_dir_operations;
@@ -194,9 +198,6 @@ static int ufs_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 
 	inode_inc_link_count(inode);
 
-	lock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
-	inode_inc_link_count(dir);
-
 	err = ufs_make_empty(inode, dir);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_fail;
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ static int ufs_mkdir(struct inode * dir, struct dentry * dentry, umode_t mode)
 	inode_dec_link_count(inode);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
 	iput (inode);
+out_dir:
 	inode_dec_link_count(dir);
 	unlock_ufs(dir->i_sb);
 	goto out;