diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 207120f721e3..60dc6b4921dd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -938,6 +938,30 @@ static void put_generic_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 	nfs4_put_stid(&stp->st_stid);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Put the persistent reference to an already unhashed generic stateid, while
+ * holding the cl_lock. If it's the last reference, then put it onto the
+ * reaplist for later destruction.
+ */
+static void put_generic_stateid_locked(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp,
+				       struct list_head *reaplist)
+{
+	struct nfs4_stid *s = &stp->st_stid;
+	struct nfs4_client *clp = s->sc_client;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&clp->cl_lock);
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&stp->st_locks));
+
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&s->sc_count)) {
+		wake_up_all(&close_wq);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	remove_stid_locked(clp, s);
+	list_add(&stp->st_locks, reaplist);
+}
+
 static void unhash_lock_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
 	struct nfs4_openowner *oo = openowner(stp->st_openstp->st_stateowner);
@@ -968,6 +992,25 @@ static void unhash_lockowner_locked(struct nfs4_lockowner *lo)
 	list_del_init(&lo->lo_owner.so_strhash);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Free a list of generic stateids that were collected earlier after being
+ * fully unhashed.
+ */
+static void
+free_stateid_reaplist(struct list_head *reaplist)
+{
+	struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp;
+
+	might_sleep();
+
+	while (!list_empty(reaplist)) {
+		stp = list_first_entry(reaplist, struct nfs4_ol_stateid,
+				       st_locks);
+		list_del(&stp->st_locks);
+		stp->st_stid.sc_free(&stp->st_stid);
+	}
+}
+
 static void release_lockowner(struct nfs4_lockowner *lo)
 {
 	struct nfs4_client *clp = lo->lo_owner.so_client;
@@ -982,23 +1025,10 @@ static void release_lockowner(struct nfs4_lockowner *lo)
 		stp = list_first_entry(&lo->lo_owner.so_stateids,
 				struct nfs4_ol_stateid, st_perstateowner);
 		unhash_lock_stateid(stp);
-		/*
-		 * We now know that no new references can be added to the
-		 * stateid. If ours is the last one, finish the unhashing
-		 * and put it on the list to be reaped.
-		 */
-		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&stp->st_stid.sc_count)) {
-			remove_stid_locked(clp, &stp->st_stid);
-			list_add(&stp->st_locks, &reaplist);
-		}
+		put_generic_stateid_locked(stp, &reaplist);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
-	while (!list_empty(&reaplist)) {
-		stp = list_first_entry(&reaplist, struct nfs4_ol_stateid,
-					st_locks);
-		list_del(&stp->st_locks);
-		stp->st_stid.sc_free(&stp->st_stid);
-	}
+	free_stateid_reaplist(&reaplist);
 	nfs4_put_stateowner(&lo->lo_owner);
 }
 
@@ -1019,16 +1049,10 @@ static void release_open_stateid_locks(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *open_stp)
 
 static void unhash_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
-	spin_lock(&stp->st_stateowner->so_client->cl_lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(&stp->st_stateowner->so_client->cl_lock);
+
 	unhash_generic_stateid(stp);
 	release_open_stateid_locks(stp);
-	spin_unlock(&stp->st_stateowner->so_client->cl_lock);
-}
-
-static void release_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
-{
-	unhash_open_stateid(stp);
-	put_generic_stateid(stp);
 }
 
 static void unhash_openowner_locked(struct nfs4_openowner *oo)
@@ -1052,30 +1076,24 @@ static void release_last_closed_stateid(struct nfs4_openowner *oo)
 	}
 }
 
-static void release_openowner_stateids(struct nfs4_openowner *oo)
+static void release_openowner(struct nfs4_openowner *oo)
 {
 	struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp;
 	struct nfs4_client *clp = oo->oo_owner.so_client;
+	struct list_head reaplist;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&clp->cl_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&reaplist);
 
+	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
+	unhash_openowner_locked(oo);
 	while (!list_empty(&oo->oo_owner.so_stateids)) {
 		stp = list_first_entry(&oo->oo_owner.so_stateids,
 				struct nfs4_ol_stateid, st_perstateowner);
-		spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
-		release_open_stateid(stp);
-		spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
+		unhash_open_stateid(stp);
+		put_generic_stateid_locked(stp, &reaplist);
 	}
-}
-
-static void release_openowner(struct nfs4_openowner *oo)
-{
-	struct nfs4_client *clp = oo->oo_owner.so_client;
-
-	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
-	unhash_openowner_locked(oo);
-	release_openowner_stateids(oo);
 	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
+	free_stateid_reaplist(&reaplist);
 	release_last_closed_stateid(oo);
 	nfs4_put_stateowner(&oo->oo_owner);
 }
@@ -4654,7 +4672,9 @@ static void nfsd4_close_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *s)
 	struct nfs4_client *clp = s->st_stid.sc_client;
 
 	s->st_stid.sc_type = NFS4_CLOSED_STID;
+	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
 	unhash_open_stateid(s);
+	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
 
 	if (clp->cl_minorversion)
 		put_generic_stateid(s);
