diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 172656c2a3bd..e3a55eb8b26a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1841,11 +1841,13 @@ ext4_ext_put_in_cache(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
 {
 	struct ext4_ext_cache *cex;
 	BUG_ON(len == 0);
+	spin_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
 	cex = &EXT4_I(inode)->i_cached_extent;
 	cex->ec_type = type;
 	cex->ec_block = block;
 	cex->ec_len = len;
 	cex->ec_start = start;
+	spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1902,12 +1904,17 @@ ext4_ext_in_cache(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
 			struct ext4_extent *ex)
 {
 	struct ext4_ext_cache *cex;
+	int ret = EXT4_EXT_CACHE_NO;
 
+	/* 
+	 * We borrow i_block_reservation_lock to protect i_cached_extent
+	 */
+	spin_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
 	cex = &EXT4_I(inode)->i_cached_extent;
 
 	/* has cache valid data? */
 	if (cex->ec_type == EXT4_EXT_CACHE_NO)
-		return EXT4_EXT_CACHE_NO;
+		goto errout;
 
 	BUG_ON(cex->ec_type != EXT4_EXT_CACHE_GAP &&
 			cex->ec_type != EXT4_EXT_CACHE_EXTENT);
@@ -1918,11 +1925,11 @@ ext4_ext_in_cache(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
 		ext_debug("%u cached by %u:%u:%llu\n",
 				block,
 				cex->ec_block, cex->ec_len, cex->ec_start);
-		return cex->ec_type;
+		ret = cex->ec_type;
 	}
-
-	/* not in cache */
-	return EXT4_EXT_CACHE_NO;
+errout:
+	spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*