diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index e566652ac922..a2cd166a6c69 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -2074,10 +2074,13 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 
 	ret = fuse_dev_do_write(fud, &cs, len);
 
+	pipe_lock(pipe);
 	for (idx = 0; idx < nbuf; idx++) {
 		struct pipe_buffer *buf = &bufs[idx];
 		buf->ops->release(pipe, buf);
 	}
+	pipe_unlock(pipe);
+
 out:
 	kfree(bufs);
 	return ret;