diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
index 1f303b1adf1a..32c0249ff253 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c
@@ -927,8 +927,8 @@ int ocfs2_try_remove_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
 	struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
 	struct ocfs2_dinode *di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
 
-	down_write(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
 	down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+	down_write(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
 
 	if (oi->ip_clusters)
 		goto out;
@@ -944,8 +944,8 @@ int ocfs2_try_remove_refcount_tree(struct inode *inode,
 	if (ret)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 out:
-	up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
 	up_write(&oi->ip_xattr_sem);
+	up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
 	return 0;
 }