diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/Inode.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/Inode.cpp
index 38147ff967..2c6ca76f90 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/Inode.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/Inode.cpp
@@ -2211,8 +2211,6 @@ Inode::Remove(Transaction &transaction, const char *name, ino_t *_id,
 	if (GetTree(&tree) != B_OK)
 		RETURN_ERROR(B_BAD_VALUE);
 
-	RecursiveLocker locker(fVolume->Lock());
-
 	// does the file even exist?
 	off_t id;
 	if (tree->Find((uint8 *)name, (uint16)strlen(name), &id) < B_OK)
diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/kernel_interface.cpp b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/kernel_interface.cpp
index 45ec6164bb..47033c2077 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/kernel_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/bfs/kernel_interface.cpp
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ bfs_rename(fs_volume *_volume, fs_vnode *_oldDir, const char *oldName,
 	if (status < B_OK)
 		return status;
 
-	RecursiveLocker locker(volume->Lock());
+	Transaction transaction(volume, oldDirectory->BlockNumber());
 
 	// Get the directory's tree, and a pointer to the inode which should be
 	// changed
@@ -982,8 +982,6 @@ bfs_rename(fs_volume *_volume, fs_vnode *_oldDir, const char *oldName,
 
 	// Everything okay? Then lets get to work...
 
-	Transaction transaction(volume, oldDirectory->BlockNumber());
-
 	// First, try to make sure there is nothing that will stop us in
 	// the target directory - since this is the only non-critical
 	// failure, we will test this case first