diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 4a88bce..10e1fa87 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -113,6 +113,17 @@
 		oi->ip_attr |= OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL;
 }
 
+struct inode *ocfs2_ilookup(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno)
+{
+	struct ocfs2_find_inode_args args;
+
+	args.fi_blkno = blkno;
+	args.fi_flags = 0;
+	args.fi_ino = ino_from_blkno(sb, blkno);
+	args.fi_sysfile_type = 0;
+
+	return ilookup5(sb, blkno, ocfs2_find_actor, &args);
+}
 struct inode *ocfs2_iget(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 blkno, unsigned flags,
 			 int sysfile_type)
 {
@@ -961,6 +972,17 @@
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Synchronize us against ocfs2_get_dentry. We take this in
+	 * shared mode so that all nodes can still concurrently
+	 * process deletes.
+	 */
+	status = ocfs2_nfs_sync_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), 0);
+	if (status < 0) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "getting nfs sync lock(PR) failed %d\n", status);
+		ocfs2_cleanup_delete_inode(inode, 0);
+		goto bail_unblock;
+	}
 	/* Lock down the inode. This gives us an up to date view of
 	 * it's metadata (for verification), and allows us to
 	 * serialize delete_inode on multiple nodes.
@@ -974,7 +996,7 @@
 		if (status != -ENOENT)
 			mlog_errno(status);
 		ocfs2_cleanup_delete_inode(inode, 0);
-		goto bail_unblock;
+		goto bail_unlock_nfs_sync;
 	}
 
 	/* Query the cluster. This will be the final decision made
@@ -1017,6 +1039,10 @@
 bail_unlock_inode:
 	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
 	brelse(di_bh);
+
+bail_unlock_nfs_sync:
+	ocfs2_nfs_sync_unlock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), 0);
+
 bail_unblock:
 	status = sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
 	if (status < 0)