diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index a9f6d20..f9fc154 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -688,12 +688,12 @@
 	struct xfs_perag *pag;
 
 	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, XFS_INO_TO_AGNO(mp, ip->i_ino));
-	read_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	write_lock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	spin_lock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 	__xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(pag, ip);
 	__xfs_iflags_set(ip, XFS_IRECLAIMABLE);
 	spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
-	read_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
+	write_unlock(&pag->pag_ici_lock);
 	xfs_perag_put(pag);
 }