diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 46c00a68bb4b..90935ed3d8d8 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -6570,7 +6570,8 @@ static int selinux_inode_notifysecctx(struct inode *inode, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen
  */
 static int selinux_inode_setsecctx(struct dentry *dentry, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen)
 {
-	return __vfs_setxattr_noperm(dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX, ctx, ctxlen, 0);
+	return __vfs_setxattr_locked(dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX, ctx, ctxlen, 0,
+				     NULL);
 }
 
 static int selinux_inode_getsecctx(struct inode *inode, void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 92bc6c9d793d..cb4801fcf9a8 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -4651,7 +4651,8 @@ static int smack_inode_notifysecctx(struct inode *inode, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen)
 
 static int smack_inode_setsecctx(struct dentry *dentry, void *ctx, u32 ctxlen)
 {
-	return __vfs_setxattr_noperm(dentry, XATTR_NAME_SMACK, ctx, ctxlen, 0);
+	return __vfs_setxattr_locked(dentry, XATTR_NAME_SMACK, ctx, ctxlen, 0,
+				     NULL);
 }
 
 static int smack_inode_getsecctx(struct inode *inode, void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)