diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 90677cfbcf9c..6a1cb2a182b6 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -637,7 +637,9 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
 	return kn;
 
  err_out3:
+	spin_lock(&kernfs_idr_lock);
 	idr_remove(&root->ino_idr, (u32)kernfs_ino(kn));
+	spin_unlock(&kernfs_idr_lock);
  err_out2:
 	kmem_cache_free(kernfs_node_cache, kn);
  err_out1: