diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
index 03dcb66b5f6c..3025a404e695 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c
@@ -2107,7 +2107,9 @@ int ni_read_folio_cmpr(struct ntfs_inode *ni, struct folio *folio)
 		pages[i] = pg;
 	}
 
+	ni_lock(ni);
 	err = ni_read_frame(ni, frame_vbo, pages, pages_per_frame, 0);
+	ni_unlock(ni);
 
 out1:
 	for (i = 0; i < pages_per_frame; i++) {
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index ace9873adaae..4b50fdb4ff47 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -748,9 +748,8 @@ static int ntfs_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
 	}
 
 	if (is_compressed(ni)) {
-		ni_lock(ni);
+		/* ni_lock is taken inside ni_read_folio_cmpr after page locks */
 		err = ni_read_folio_cmpr(ni, folio);
-		ni_unlock(ni);
 		return err;
 	}