diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/prints.c b/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
index b87b23717c23..de71372f0dfe 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/prints.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static char *is_there_reiserfs_struct(char *fmt, int *what)
    printk ("bad key %lu %lu %lu %lu", key->k_dir_id, key->k_objectid, 
            key->k_offset, key->k_uniqueness); 
 */
-
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(error_lock);
 static void prepare_error_buf(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	char *fmt1 = fmt_buf;
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ static void prepare_error_buf(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	char *p = error_buf;
 	int what;
 
+	spin_lock(&error_lock);
+
 	strcpy(fmt1, fmt);
 
 	while ((k = is_there_reiserfs_struct(fmt1, &what)) != NULL) {
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ static void prepare_error_buf(const char *fmt, va_list args)
 		fmt1 = k + 2;
 	}
 	vsprintf(p, fmt1, args);
+	spin_unlock(&error_lock);
 
 }