diff --git a/security/lsm_audit.c b/security/lsm_audit.c
index 7d8026f3f377256292b5b7bd133d865b37f4b5a3..a0cd28cd31a852c50ca7f2500f64d91f6b60f53b 100644
--- a/security/lsm_audit.c
+++ b/security/lsm_audit.c
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 		struct inode *inode;
 
 		audit_log_format(ab, " name=");
+		spin_lock(&a->u.dentry->d_lock);
 		audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, a->u.dentry->d_name.name);
+		spin_unlock(&a->u.dentry->d_lock);
 
 		inode = d_backing_inode(a->u.dentry);
 		if (inode) {
@@ -293,8 +295,9 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 		dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
 		if (dentry) {
 			audit_log_format(ab, " name=");
-			audit_log_untrustedstring(ab,
-					 dentry->d_name.name);
+			spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+			audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, dentry->d_name.name);
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			dput(dentry);
 		}
 		audit_log_format(ab, " dev=");