diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
index 6eae8cf655c1..42295d04f08d 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static bool efivarfs_actor(struct dir_context *ctx, const char *name, int len,
 	if (err)
 		size = 0;
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
+	inode_lock_nested(inode, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
 	i_size_write(inode, size);
 	inode_unlock(inode);