if (delegation == NULL)
                goto nomatch;
+       spin_lock(&delegation->lock);
        if (stateid != NULL && memcmp(delegation->stateid.data, stateid->data,
                                sizeof(delegation->stateid.data)) != 0)
-               goto nomatch;
+               goto nomatch_unlock;
        list_del_rcu(&delegation->super_list);
        nfsi->delegation_state = 0;
        rcu_assign_pointer(nfsi->delegation, NULL);
+       spin_unlock(&delegation->lock);
        return delegation;
+nomatch_unlock:
+       spin_unlock(&delegation->lock);
 nomatch:
        return NULL;
 }
        delegation->change_attr = nfsi->change_attr;
        delegation->cred = get_rpccred(cred);
        delegation->inode = inode;
+       spin_lock_init(&delegation->lock);
 
        spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
        if (rcu_dereference(nfsi->delegation) != NULL) {
 
        write_sequnlock(&state->seqlock);
 }
 
-static void update_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state, nfs4_stateid *open_stateid, nfs4_stateid *deleg_stateid, int open_flags)
+static void __update_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state, nfs4_stateid *open_stateid, const nfs4_stateid *deleg_stateid, int open_flags)
 {
-       open_flags &= (FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
        /*
         * Protect the call to nfs4_state_set_mode_locked and
         * serialise the stateid update
        spin_unlock(&state->owner->so_lock);
 }
 
+static int update_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state, nfs4_stateid *open_stateid, nfs4_stateid *delegation, int open_flags)
+{
+       struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(state->inode);
+       struct nfs_delegation *deleg_cur;
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       open_flags &= (FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE);
+
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       deleg_cur = rcu_dereference(nfsi->delegation);
+       if (deleg_cur == NULL)
+               goto no_delegation;
+
+       spin_lock(&deleg_cur->lock);
+       if (nfsi->delegation != deleg_cur ||
+           (deleg_cur->type & open_flags) != open_flags)
+               goto no_delegation_unlock;
+
+       if (delegation == NULL)
+               delegation = &deleg_cur->stateid;
+       else if (memcmp(deleg_cur->stateid.data, delegation->data, NFS4_STATEID_SIZE) != 0)
+               goto no_delegation_unlock;
+
+       __update_open_stateid(state, open_stateid, &deleg_cur->stateid, open_flags);
+       ret = 1;
+no_delegation_unlock:
+       spin_unlock(&deleg_cur->lock);
+no_delegation:
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+
+       if (!ret && open_stateid != NULL) {
+               __update_open_stateid(state, open_stateid, NULL, open_flags);
+               ret = 1;
+       }
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+
 static void nfs4_return_incompatible_delegation(struct inode *inode, mode_t open_flags)
 {
        struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
        nfs4_stateid stateid;
        int ret = -EAGAIN;
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
-       delegation = rcu_dereference(nfsi->delegation);
        for (;;) {
                if (can_open_cached(state, open_mode)) {
                        spin_lock(&state->owner->so_lock);
                        if (can_open_cached(state, open_mode)) {
                                update_open_stateflags(state, open_mode);
                                spin_unlock(&state->owner->so_lock);
-                               rcu_read_unlock();
                                goto out_return_state;
                        }
                        spin_unlock(&state->owner->so_lock);
                }
-               if (delegation == NULL)
-                       break;
-               if (!can_open_delegated(delegation, open_mode))
+               rcu_read_lock();
+               delegation = rcu_dereference(nfsi->delegation);
+               if (delegation == NULL ||
+                   !can_open_delegated(delegation, open_mode)) {
+                       rcu_read_unlock();
                        break;
+               }
                /* Save the delegation */
                memcpy(stateid.data, delegation->stateid.data, sizeof(stateid.data));
                rcu_read_unlock();
                if (ret != 0)
                        goto out;
                ret = -EAGAIN;
-               rcu_read_lock();
-               delegation = rcu_dereference(nfsi->delegation);
-               /* If no delegation, try a cached open */
-               if (delegation == NULL)
-                       continue;
-               /* Is the delegation still valid? */
-               if (memcmp(stateid.data, delegation->stateid.data, sizeof(stateid.data)) != 0)
-                       continue;
-               rcu_read_unlock();
-               update_open_stateid(state, NULL, &stateid, open_mode);
-               goto out_return_state;
+
+               /* Try to update the stateid using the delegation */
+               if (update_open_stateid(state, NULL, &stateid, open_mode))
+                       goto out_return_state;
        }
-       rcu_read_unlock();
 out:
        return ERR_PTR(ret);
 out_return_state:
        struct inode *inode;
        struct nfs4_state *state = NULL;
        struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
-       nfs4_stateid *deleg_stateid = NULL;
        int ret;
 
        if (!data->rpc_done) {
                                        data->owner->so_cred,
                                        &data->o_res);
        }
-       rcu_read_lock();
-       delegation = rcu_dereference(NFS_I(inode)->delegation);
-       if (delegation != NULL)
-               deleg_stateid = &delegation->stateid;
-       update_open_stateid(state, &data->o_res.stateid, deleg_stateid, data->o_arg.open_flags);
-       rcu_read_unlock();
+
+       update_open_stateid(state, &data->o_res.stateid, NULL,
+                       data->o_arg.open_flags);
        iput(inode);
 out:
        return state;