diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
index 369c7d27befd..ab460cb2c9c8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
@@ -617,6 +617,8 @@ static int ocfs2_move_extent(struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context,
 	 */
 	credits += OCFS2_INODE_UPDATE_CREDITS + 1;
 
+	inode_lock(tl_inode);
+
 	/*
 	 * ocfs2_move_extent() didn't reserve any clusters in lock_allocators()
 	 * logic, while we still need to lock the global_bitmap.
@@ -637,8 +639,6 @@ static int ocfs2_move_extent(struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context,
 		goto out_unlock_gb_mutex;
 	}
 
-	inode_lock(tl_inode);
-
 	handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);