diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 7e974878d9a9..3a2594665b44 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -637,8 +637,12 @@ resizefs_out:
 		if (err)
 			goto encryption_policy_out;
 
+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
 		err = ext4_process_policy(&policy, inode);
 
+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
 		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
 encryption_policy_out:
 		return err;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index a197215ad52b..4b449d263333 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1535,12 +1535,19 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_set_encryption_policy(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
 #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION
 	struct f2fs_encryption_policy policy;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
+	int err;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&policy, (struct f2fs_encryption_policy __user *)arg,
 				sizeof(policy)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	return f2fs_process_policy(&policy, inode);
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
+	err = f2fs_process_policy(&policy, inode);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return err;
 #else
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 #endif