diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
index d56ae1cf65e6..0e11671dadc4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
@@ -340,7 +340,9 @@ int ubi_eba_unmap_leb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_volume *vol,
 
 	dbg_eba("erase LEB %d:%d, PEB %d", vol_id, lnum, pnum);
 
+	down_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 	vol->eba_tbl[lnum] = UBI_LEB_UNMAPPED;
+	up_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 	err = ubi_wl_put_peb(ubi, vol_id, lnum, pnum, 0);
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -548,7 +550,9 @@ retry:
 	mutex_unlock(&ubi->buf_mutex);
 	ubi_free_vid_hdr(ubi, vid_hdr);
 
+	down_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 	vol->eba_tbl[lnum] = new_pnum;
+	up_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 	ubi_wl_put_peb(ubi, vol_id, lnum, pnum, 1);
 
 	ubi_msg("data was successfully recovered");
@@ -665,7 +669,9 @@ retry:
 		}
 	}
 
+	down_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 	vol->eba_tbl[lnum] = pnum;
+	up_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 
 	leb_write_unlock(ubi, vol_id, lnum);
 	ubi_free_vid_hdr(ubi, vid_hdr);
@@ -783,7 +789,9 @@ retry:
 	}
 
 	ubi_assert(vol->eba_tbl[lnum] < 0);
+	down_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 	vol->eba_tbl[lnum] = pnum;
+	up_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 
 	leb_write_unlock(ubi, vol_id, lnum);
 	ubi_free_vid_hdr(ubi, vid_hdr);
@@ -904,7 +912,9 @@ retry:
 			goto out_leb_unlock;
 	}
 
+	down_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 	vol->eba_tbl[lnum] = pnum;
+	up_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 
 out_leb_unlock:
 	leb_write_unlock(ubi, vol_id, lnum);
@@ -1151,7 +1161,9 @@ int ubi_eba_copy_leb(struct ubi_device *ubi, int from, int to,
 	}
 
 	ubi_assert(vol->eba_tbl[lnum] == from);
+	down_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 	vol->eba_tbl[lnum] = to;
+	up_read(&ubi->fm_sem);
 
 out_unlock_buf:
 	mutex_unlock(&ubi->buf_mutex);