diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index fc720ad9c57a..aa7e9d70e32e 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		if (err < 0)
 			inode = ERR_PTR(err);
 		else {
-			ni_lock(ni);
+			ni_lock_dir(ni);
 			inode = dir_search_u(dir, uni, NULL);
 			ni_unlock(ni);
 		}