diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 55c78c318ccd..90afdfc48c0f 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -6650,8 +6650,8 @@ 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(&nop_mnt_idmap, dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
-				     ctx, ctxlen, 0);
+	return __vfs_setxattr_locked(&nop_mnt_idmap, 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 4164699cd4f6..002a1b9ed83a 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -4880,8 +4880,8 @@ 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(&nop_mnt_idmap, dentry, XATTR_NAME_SMACK,
-				     ctx, ctxlen, 0);
+	return __vfs_setxattr_locked(&nop_mnt_idmap, dentry, XATTR_NAME_SMACK,
+				     ctx, ctxlen, 0, NULL);
 }
 
 static int smack_inode_getsecctx(struct inode *inode, void **ctx, u32 *ctxlen)