diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index ea790645fda66385a461c515c5bca63652cdd699..0ac6bbb8eaa4365d77416ae77d271c4a035bf48a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ extern void nfs4_kill_renewd(struct nfs_client *);
 extern void nfs4_renew_state(struct work_struct *);
 
 /* nfs4state.c */
-struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_renew_cred(struct nfs_client *clp);
+struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_renew_cred_locked(struct nfs_client *clp);
 
 extern struct nfs4_state_owner * nfs4_get_state_owner(struct nfs_server *, struct rpc_cred *);
 extern void nfs4_put_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4renewd.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4renewd.c
index 3305acbbe2ae3b7f4258baed8f5f807fbf7a1805..9fe8640a88eb1bd1b3acbfc4451ccf615f0b650d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4renewd.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4renewd.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ nfs4_renew_state(struct work_struct *work)
 	timeout = (2 * lease) / 3 + (long)last - (long)now;
 	/* Are we close to a lease timeout? */
 	if (time_after(now, last + lease/3)) {
-		cred = nfs4_get_renew_cred(clp);
+		cred = nfs4_get_renew_cred_locked(clp);
 		if (cred == NULL) {
 			set_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_EXPIRED, &clp->cl_state);
 			spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 99182b3229e72d6a02f073b31ecf70a037f69f63..300faba9a18a52e06d9d93e80314d6cd4249c2b1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -71,14 +71,12 @@ static int nfs4_init_client(struct nfs_client *clp, struct rpc_cred *cred)
 	return status;
 }
 
-static struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_machine_cred(struct nfs_client *clp)
+static struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_machine_cred_locked(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
 	struct rpc_cred *cred = NULL;
 
-	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
 	if (clp->cl_machine_cred != NULL)
 		cred = get_rpccred(clp->cl_machine_cred);
-	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
 	return cred;
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ static void nfs4_clear_machine_cred(struct nfs_client *clp)
 		put_rpccred(cred);
 }
 
-struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_renew_cred(struct nfs_client *clp)
+struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_renew_cred_locked(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
 	struct nfs4_state_owner *sp;
 	struct rb_node *pos;
@@ -110,13 +108,24 @@ struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_renew_cred(struct nfs_client *clp)
 	return cred;
 }
 
+static struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_renew_cred(struct nfs_client *clp)
+{
+	struct rpc_cred *cred;
+
+	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
+	cred = nfs4_get_renew_cred_locked(clp);
+	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
+	return cred;
+}
+
 static struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_setclientid_cred(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
 	struct nfs4_state_owner *sp;
 	struct rb_node *pos;
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
 
-	cred = nfs4_get_machine_cred(clp);
+	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
+	cred = nfs4_get_machine_cred_locked(clp);
 	if (cred != NULL)
 		goto out;
 	pos = rb_first(&clp->cl_state_owners);
@@ -125,6 +134,7 @@ static struct rpc_cred *nfs4_get_setclientid_cred(struct nfs_client *clp)
 		cred = get_rpccred(sp->so_cred);
 	}
 out:
+	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
 	return cred;
 }