diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index d1e35b5..a5b1cba1 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,9 @@ struct inode *find_inode_nowait(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct inode *inode, *ret_inode = NULL;
 	int mval;
 
-	spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
+	if (!spin_trylock(&inode_hash_lock))
+		return NULL;
+
 	hlist_for_each_entry(inode, head, i_hash) {
 		if (inode->i_sb != sb)
 			continue;