diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
index 6f3f392d48af76d9b7bdb752f1d13eff9580be1b..b6f46013dddf26bc5306349a26160aa5c9450eb7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4acl.c
@@ -402,8 +402,10 @@ sort_pacl(struct posix_acl *pacl)
 	 * by uid/gid. */
 	int i, j;
 
-	if (pacl->a_count <= 4)
-		return; /* no users or groups */
+	/* no users or groups */
+	if (!pacl || pacl->a_count <= 4)
+		return;
+
 	i = 1;
 	while (pacl->a_entries[i].e_tag == ACL_USER)
 		i++;
@@ -530,13 +532,12 @@ posix_state_to_acl(struct posix_acl_state *state, unsigned int flags)
 
 	/*
 	 * ACLs with no ACEs are treated differently in the inheritable
-	 * and effective cases: when there are no inheritable ACEs, we
-	 * set a zero-length default posix acl:
+	 * and effective cases: when there are no inheritable ACEs,
+	 * calls ->set_acl with a NULL ACL structure.
 	 */
-	if (state->empty && (flags & NFS4_ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT)) {
-		pacl = posix_acl_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL);
-		return pacl ? pacl : ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
+	if (state->empty && (flags & NFS4_ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT))
+		return NULL;
+
 	/*
 	 * When there are no effective ACEs, the following will end
 	 * up setting a 3-element effective posix ACL with all
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 3ba65979a3cde006e73ed2c310e2bc42f6988fb2..32b699bebb9c3e7281ba58e1d123dc6c2f0ce361 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,18 @@ static struct nfs4_client *alloc_client(struct xdr_netobj name)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	clp->cl_name.len = name.len;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_sessions);
+	idr_init(&clp->cl_stateids);
+	atomic_set(&clp->cl_refcount, 0);
+	clp->cl_cb_state = NFSD4_CB_UNKNOWN;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_idhash);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_openowners);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_delegations);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_lru);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_callbacks);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_revoked);
+	spin_lock_init(&clp->cl_lock);
+	rpc_init_wait_queue(&clp->cl_cb_waitq, "Backchannel slot table");
 	return clp;
 }
 
@@ -1095,6 +1107,7 @@ free_client(struct nfs4_client *clp)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&ses->se_ref));
 		free_session(ses);
 	}
+	rpc_destroy_wait_queue(&clp->cl_cb_waitq);
 	free_svc_cred(&clp->cl_cred);
 	kfree(clp->cl_name.data);
 	idr_destroy(&clp->cl_stateids);
@@ -1347,7 +1360,6 @@ static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
 	if (clp == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_sessions);
 	ret = copy_cred(&clp->cl_cred, &rqstp->rq_cred);
 	if (ret) {
 		spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
@@ -1355,20 +1367,9 @@ static struct nfs4_client *create_client(struct xdr_netobj name,
 		spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	idr_init(&clp->cl_stateids);
-	atomic_set(&clp->cl_refcount, 0);
-	clp->cl_cb_state = NFSD4_CB_UNKNOWN;
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_idhash);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_openowners);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_delegations);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_lru);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_callbacks);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clp->cl_revoked);
-	spin_lock_init(&clp->cl_lock);
 	nfsd4_init_callback(&clp->cl_cb_null);
 	clp->cl_time = get_seconds();
 	clear_bit(0, &clp->cl_cb_slot_busy);
-	rpc_init_wait_queue(&clp->cl_cb_waitq, "Backchannel slot table");
 	copy_verf(clp, verf);
 	rpc_copy_addr((struct sockaddr *) &clp->cl_addr, sa);
 	gen_confirm(clp);