diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 3959f23c487a..80d80dfad308 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ static struct inode *ntfs_read_mft(struct inode *inode,
 				       &ntfs_file_operations;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = is_compressed(ni) ? &ntfs_aops_cmpr :
 							      &ntfs_aops;
-		if (ino != MFT_REC_MFT)
-			init_rwsem(&ni->file.run_lock);
+		init_rwsem(&ni->file.run_lock);
 	} else if (S_ISCHR(mode) || S_ISBLK(mode) || S_ISFIFO(mode) ||
 		   S_ISSOCK(mode)) {
 		inode->i_op = &ntfs_special_inode_operations;