diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index f2dc35c22964c3da42da19c2ff954e7cdd7274f3..b8d78f3933651a2c042bf92ff3bebed471d6c69e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -2023,6 +2023,7 @@ pnfs_update_layout(struct inode *ino,
 			goto lookup_again;
 		}
 
+		spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 		first = true;
 		status = nfs4_select_rw_stateid(ctx->state,
 					iomode == IOMODE_RW ? FMODE_WRITE : FMODE_READ,
@@ -2032,12 +2033,12 @@ pnfs_update_layout(struct inode *ino,
 			trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count,
 					iomode, lo, lseg,
 					PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_INVALID_OPEN);
-			spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 			nfs4_schedule_stateid_recovery(server, ctx->state);
 			pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(lo);
 			pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
 			goto lookup_again;
 		}
+		spin_lock(&ino->i_lock);
 	} else {
 		nfs4_stateid_copy(&stateid, &lo->plh_stateid);
 	}