1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 41a762f82630..8c8eef2b8f26 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -371,21 +371,23 @@ rpc_show_info(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 static int
 rpc_info_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-        struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
+        struct rpc_clnt *clnt = NULL;
         int ret = single_open(file, rpc_show_info, NULL);
 
         if (!ret) {
                 struct seq_file *m = file->private_data;
-                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-                clnt = RPC_I(inode)->private;
-                if (clnt) {
-                        kref_get(&clnt->cl_kref);
+
+                spin_lock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_lock);
+                if (!d_unhashed(file->f_path.dentry))
+                        clnt = RPC_I(inode)->private;
+                if (clnt != NULL && atomic_inc_not_zero(&clnt->cl_count)) {
+                        spin_unlock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_lock);
                         m->private = clnt;
                 } else {
+                        spin_unlock(&file->f_path.dentry->d_lock);
                         single_release(inode, file);
                         ret = -EINVAL;
                 }
-                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
         }
         return ret;
 }