diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 6846ede..eda330d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@
 		case Opt_alloc_start:
 			num = match_strdup(&args[0]);
 			if (num) {
+				mutex_lock(&info->chunk_mutex);
 				info->alloc_start = memparse(num, NULL);
+				mutex_unlock(&info->chunk_mutex);
 				kfree(num);
 				printk(KERN_INFO
 					"btrfs: allocations start at %llu\n",
@@ -1289,7 +1291,9 @@
 	fs_info->mount_opt = old_opts;
 	fs_info->compress_type = old_compress_type;
 	fs_info->max_inline = old_max_inline;
+	mutex_lock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 	fs_info->alloc_start = old_alloc_start;
+	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
 	btrfs_resize_thread_pool(fs_info,
 		old_thread_pool_size, fs_info->thread_pool_size);
 	fs_info->metadata_ratio = old_metadata_ratio;