diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/fat/kernel_interface.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/fat/kernel_interface.cpp
index 39047d019e..5dc585a563 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/fat/kernel_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/fat/kernel_interface.cpp
@@ -1376,15 +1376,15 @@ dosfs_rename(fs_volume* volume, fs_vnode* fromDir, const char* fromName, fs_vnod
 	ComponentName fromBsdName(ISLASTCN, NOCRED, RENAME, 0, fromName);
 	ComponentName toBsdName(ISLASTCN, NOCRED, RENAME, 0, toName);
 
-	// Don't do 2 renames at the same time on the same volume. If moving to a new directory,
-	// and the destination directory of one thread is the origin directory of the other,
-	// and vice versa, a deadlock can occur.
+	// Eliminate the possibility that two move operations could deadlock, if they are
+	// locking the same two directories in the reverse order.
 	MutexLocker volumeLocker(bsdVolume->mnt_mtx.haikuMutex);
 
 	WriteLocker fromDirLocker(fromDirBsdNode->v_vnlock->haikuRW);
 	WriteLocker toDirLocker;
 	if (fromDirBsdNode != toDirBsdNode)
 		toDirLocker.SetTo(toDirBsdNode->v_vnlock->haikuRW, false);
+	volumeLocker.Unlock();
 
 	status_t status = _dosfs_access(bsdVolume, fromDirBsdNode, W_OK);
 	if (status == B_OK && fromDirBsdNode != toDirBsdNode)