diff --git a/fs/udf/balloc.c b/fs/udf/balloc.c
index 807c493ed0cd..f70d13eaedce 100644
--- a/fs/udf/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/udf/balloc.c
@@ -657,8 +657,10 @@ void udf_free_blocks(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 		     uint32_t count)
 {
 	uint16_t partition = bloc->partitionReferenceNum;
-	struct udf_part_map *map = &UDF_SB(sb)->s_partmaps[partition];
+	struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
+	struct udf_part_map *map = &sbi->s_partmaps[partition];
 	uint32_t blk;
+	bool islocked = false;
 
 	if (check_add_overflow(bloc->logicalBlockNum, offset, &blk) ||
 	    check_add_overflow(blk, count, &blk) ||
@@ -670,6 +672,11 @@ void udf_free_blocks(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	islocked = mutex_is_locked(&sbi->s_alloc_mutex);
+
+	if (islocked)
+		mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_alloc_mutex);
+
 	if (map->s_partition_flags & UDF_PART_FLAG_UNALLOC_BITMAP) {
 		udf_bitmap_free_blocks(sb, map->s_uspace.s_bitmap,
 				       bloc, offset, count);
@@ -678,6 +685,9 @@ void udf_free_blocks(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 				      bloc, offset, count);
 	}
 
+	if (islocked)
+		mutex_lock(&sbi->s_alloc_mutex);
+
 	if (inode) {
 		inode_sub_bytes(inode,
 				((sector_t)count) << sb->s_blocksize_bits);