--- x/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
+++ y/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
@@ -92,8 +92,13 @@ long reiserfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, u
 		 * following two cases are taken from fs/ext2/ioctl.c by Remy
 		 * Card (card@masi.ibp.fr)
 		 */
-	case REISERFS_IOC_GETVERSION:
-		err = put_user(inode->i_generation, (int __user *)arg);
+	case REISERFS_IOC_GETVERSION: {
+		__u32 g = inode->i_generation;
+
+		reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
+		err = put_user(g, (int __user *)arg);
+		return err;
+		}
 		break;
 	case REISERFS_IOC_SETVERSION:
 		if (!inode_owner_or_capable(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode)) {