diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index d778dad9a75e..3564da1ba8a1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -465,7 +465,8 @@ static inline void nfs4_schedule_session_recovery(struct nfs4_session *session,
 
 extern struct nfs4_state_owner *nfs4_get_state_owner(struct nfs_server *, const struct cred *, gfp_t);
 extern void nfs4_put_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *);
-extern void nfs4_purge_state_owners(struct nfs_server *);
+extern void nfs4_purge_state_owners(struct nfs_server *, struct list_head *);
+extern void nfs4_free_state_owners(struct list_head *head);
 extern struct nfs4_state * nfs4_get_open_state(struct inode *, struct nfs4_state_owner *);
 extern void nfs4_put_open_state(struct nfs4_state *);
 extern void nfs4_close_state(struct nfs4_state *, fmode_t);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index 616393a01c06..da6204025a2d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -758,9 +758,12 @@ out:
 
 static void nfs4_destroy_server(struct nfs_server *server)
 {
+	LIST_HEAD(freeme);
+
 	nfs_server_return_all_delegations(server);
 	unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(server);
-	nfs4_purge_state_owners(server);
+	nfs4_purge_state_owners(server, &freeme);
+	nfs4_free_state_owners(&freeme);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index d03b9cf42bd0..a4e866b2b43b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -624,24 +624,39 @@ void nfs4_put_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *sp)
 /**
  * nfs4_purge_state_owners - Release all cached state owners
  * @server: nfs_server with cached state owners to release
+ * @head: resulting list of state owners
  *
  * Called at umount time.  Remaining state owners will be on
  * the LRU with ref count of zero.
+ * Note that the state owners are not freed, but are added
+ * to the list @head, which can later be used as an argument
+ * to nfs4_free_state_owners.
  */
-void nfs4_purge_state_owners(struct nfs_server *server)
+void nfs4_purge_state_owners(struct nfs_server *server, struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct nfs_client *clp = server->nfs_client;
 	struct nfs4_state_owner *sp, *tmp;
-	LIST_HEAD(doomed);
 
 	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, tmp, &server->state_owners_lru, so_lru) {
-		list_move(&sp->so_lru, &doomed);
+		list_move(&sp->so_lru, head);
 		nfs4_remove_state_owner_locked(sp);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
+}
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, tmp, &doomed, so_lru) {
+/**
+ * nfs4_purge_state_owners - Release all cached state owners
+ * @head: resulting list of state owners
+ *
+ * Frees a list of state owners that was generated by
+ * nfs4_purge_state_owners
+ */
+void nfs4_free_state_owners(struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct nfs4_state_owner *sp, *tmp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, tmp, head, so_lru) {
 		list_del(&sp->so_lru);
 		nfs4_free_state_owner(sp);
 	}
@@ -1865,12 +1880,13 @@ static int nfs4_do_reclaim(struct nfs_client *clp, const struct nfs4_state_recov
 	struct nfs4_state_owner *sp;
 	struct nfs_server *server;
 	struct rb_node *pos;
+	LIST_HEAD(freeme);
 	int status = 0;
 
 restart:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(server, &clp->cl_superblocks, client_link) {
-		nfs4_purge_state_owners(server);
+		nfs4_purge_state_owners(server, &freeme);
 		spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
 		for (pos = rb_first(&server->state_owners);
 		     pos != NULL;
@@ -1899,6 +1915,7 @@ restart:
 		spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+	nfs4_free_state_owners(&freeme);
 	return 0;
 }