diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 2c46ff6ba4ea..f8bbb22cc60b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -2489,6 +2489,7 @@ static int ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file(struct inode *dir,
 }
 
 int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
+				 struct buffer_head **dir_bh,
 				 int mode,
 				 struct inode **new_inode)
 {
@@ -2597,13 +2598,16 @@ int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
 
 	brelse(new_di_bh);
 
-	if (!status)
-		*new_inode = inode;
-
 	ocfs2_free_dir_lookup_result(&orphan_insert);
 
-	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1);
-	brelse(parent_di_bh);
+	if (!status) {
+		*new_inode = inode;
+		*dir_bh = parent_di_bh;
+	} else {
+		ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1);
+		brelse(parent_di_bh);
+	}
+
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -2760,11 +2764,11 @@ int ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 }
 
 int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
+				   struct buffer_head *dir_bh,
 				   struct inode *inode,
 				   struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	int status = 0;
-	struct buffer_head *parent_di_bh = NULL;
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(dir->i_sb);
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *dir_di, *di;
@@ -2778,14 +2782,7 @@ int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
 				(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno,
 				(unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
 
-	status = ocfs2_inode_lock(dir, &parent_di_bh, 1);
-	if (status < 0) {
-		if (status != -ENOENT)
-			mlog_errno(status);
-		return status;
-	}
-
-	dir_di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) parent_di_bh->b_data;
+	dir_di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *) dir_bh->b_data;
 	if (!dir_di->i_links_count) {
 		/* can't make a file in a deleted directory. */
 		status = -ENOENT;
@@ -2798,7 +2795,7 @@ int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
 		goto leave;
 
 	/* get a spot inside the dir. */
-	status = ocfs2_prepare_dir_for_insert(osb, dir, parent_di_bh,
+	status = ocfs2_prepare_dir_for_insert(osb, dir, dir_bh,
 					      dentry->d_name.name,
 					      dentry->d_name.len, &lookup);
 	if (status < 0) {
@@ -2862,7 +2859,7 @@ int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, di_bh);
 
 	status = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,
-				 OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, parent_di_bh,
+				 OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, dir_bh,
 				 &lookup);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
@@ -2886,10 +2883,7 @@ int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
 	iput(orphan_dir_inode);
 leave:
 
-	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1);
-
 	brelse(di_bh);
-	brelse(parent_di_bh);
 	brelse(orphan_dir_bh);
 
 	ocfs2_free_dir_lookup_result(&lookup);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.h b/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
index 9cc891eb874e..03a2c526e2c1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ int ocfs2_orphan_del(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		     struct buffer_head *orphan_dir_bh,
 		     bool dio);
 int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
+				 struct buffer_head **dir_bh,
 				 int mode,
 				 struct inode **new_inode);
 int ocfs2_add_inode_to_orphan(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ int ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *di_bh,
 		int update_isize, loff_t end);
 int ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(struct inode *dir,
+				   struct buffer_head *dir_bh,
 				   struct inode *new_inode,
 				   struct dentry *new_dentry);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 7f6355cbb587..a9a0c7c37e8e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -4250,7 +4250,7 @@ static int ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 {
 	int error, had_lock;
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
-	struct buffer_head *old_bh = NULL;
+	struct buffer_head *old_bh = NULL, *dir_bh = NULL;
 	struct inode *new_orphan_inode = NULL;
 	struct ocfs2_lock_holder oh;
 
@@ -4258,7 +4258,7 @@ static int ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 
-	error = ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(dir, inode->i_mode,
+	error = ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(dir, &dir_bh, inode->i_mode,
 					     &new_orphan_inode);
 	if (error) {
 		mlog_errno(error);
@@ -4304,13 +4304,15 @@ static int ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 
 	/* If the security isn't preserved, we need to re-initialize them. */
 	if (!preserve) {
-		error = ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(dir, new_orphan_inode,
+		error = ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(dir, dir_bh,
+						    new_orphan_inode,
 						    &new_dentry->d_name);
 		if (error)
 			mlog_errno(error);
 	}
 	if (!error) {
-		error = ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(dir, new_orphan_inode,
+		error = ocfs2_mv_orphaned_inode_to_new(dir, dir_bh,
+						       new_orphan_inode,
 						       new_dentry);
 		if (error)
 			mlog_errno(error);
@@ -4328,6 +4330,11 @@ static int ocfs2_reflink(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 			iput(new_orphan_inode);
 	}
 
+	if (dir_bh) {
+		ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 1);
+		brelse(dir_bh);
+	}
+
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index dd784eb0cd7c..3f23e3a5018c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -7203,16 +7203,13 @@ int ocfs2_reflink_xattrs(struct inode *old_inode,
 /*
  * Initialize security and acl for a already created inode.
  * Used for reflink a non-preserve-security file.
- *
- * It uses common api like ocfs2_xattr_set, so the caller
- * must not hold any lock expect i_mutex.
  */
 int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
+				struct buffer_head *dir_bh,
 				struct inode *inode,
 				const struct qstr *qstr)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	struct buffer_head *dir_bh = NULL;
 
 	ret = ocfs2_init_security_get(inode, dir, qstr, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -7220,17 +7217,10 @@ int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
 		goto leave;
 	}
 
-	ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(dir, &dir_bh, 0);
-	if (ret) {
-		mlog_errno(ret);
-		goto leave;
-	}
 	ret = ocfs2_init_acl(NULL, inode, dir, NULL, dir_bh, NULL, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
-	ocfs2_inode_unlock(dir, 0);
-	brelse(dir_bh);
 leave:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
index 00308b57f64f..b27fd8ba0019 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ int ocfs2_reflink_xattrs(struct inode *old_inode,
 			 struct buffer_head *new_bh,
 			 bool preserve_security);
 int ocfs2_init_security_and_acl(struct inode *dir,
+				struct buffer_head *dir_bh,
 				struct inode *inode,
 				const struct qstr *qstr);
 #endif /* OCFS2_XATTR_H */
