diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 9e37ad93c730bc2a8976ab6a6f9fd01b5c5203e6..bdd8fb7be2ca48e5ac4e49b5b2dd147375f6c8b2 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -542,6 +542,20 @@ static int fat_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline loff_t fat_i_pos_read(struct msdos_sb_info *sbi,
+				    struct inode *inode)
+{
+	loff_t i_pos;
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+	spin_lock(&sbi->inode_hash_lock);
+#endif
+	i_pos = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos;
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_hash_lock);
+#endif
+	return i_pos;
+}
+
 static int fat_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
@@ -551,9 +565,12 @@ static int fat_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 	loff_t i_pos;
 	int err;
 
+	if (inode->i_ino == MSDOS_ROOT_INO)
+		return 0;
+
 retry:
-	i_pos = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_pos;
-	if (inode->i_ino == MSDOS_ROOT_INO || !i_pos)
+	i_pos = fat_i_pos_read(sbi, inode);
+	if (!i_pos)
 		return 0;
 
 	bh = sb_bread(sb, i_pos >> sbi->dir_per_block_bits);