diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index bb0ed26a0b3a..0ef70e128c4a 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -332,7 +332,9 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	loff_t retval;
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
+	retval = inode_lock_killable(inode);
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
 	switch (whence) {
 		case SEEK_END:
 			offset += i_size_read(inode);