diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index c5adb987b23c..4ba1d00fabda 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,9 @@ static int shmem_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	stat->attributes_mask |= (STATX_ATTR_APPEND |
 			STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE |
 			STATX_ATTR_NODUMP);
+	inode_lock_shared(inode);
 	generic_fillattr(idmap, request_mask, inode, stat);
+	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
 
 	if (shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, 0, 0, false, NULL, 0))
 		stat->blksize = HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;