diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
index c59a59c37f3dabae1211db9efcb963442c013b36..35ab51c04814d67baecf83d3b3627d66fdd79359 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ static void ext_tree_free_commitdata(struct nfs4_layoutcommit_args *arg,
 
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++)
 			put_page(arg->layoutupdate_pages[i]);
+		vfree(arg->start_p);
 		kfree(arg->layoutupdate_pages);
 	} else {
 		put_page(arg->layoutupdate_page);
@@ -559,10 +560,15 @@ ext_tree_prepare_commit(struct nfs4_layoutcommit_args *arg)
 
 	if (unlikely(arg->layoutupdate_pages != &arg->layoutupdate_page)) {
 		void *p = start_p, *end = p + arg->layoutupdate_len;
+		struct page *page = NULL;
 		int i = 0;
 
-		for ( ; p < end; p += PAGE_SIZE)
-			arg->layoutupdate_pages[i++] = vmalloc_to_page(p);
+		arg->start_p = start_p;
+		for ( ; p < end; p += PAGE_SIZE) {
+			page = vmalloc_to_page(p);
+			arg->layoutupdate_pages[i++] = page;
+			get_page(page);
+		}
 	}
 
 	dprintk("%s found %zu ranges\n", __func__, count);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 791098a08a8765bea64b4137baaf12ef4af62ac8..d320906cf13e5d7d3d443a6249992202eb171f59 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ struct nfs4_layoutcommit_args {
 	size_t layoutupdate_len;
 	struct page *layoutupdate_page;
 	struct page **layoutupdate_pages;
+	__be32 *start_p;
 };
 
 struct nfs4_layoutcommit_res {