diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 3de7c4b0796883f87c8d2f1744d8e2befa199c3b..737990dd4dfe257510239b09a2d78acc17cbb398 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static void nfs_direct_complete(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 	} else
 		wake_up(&dreq->wait);
 
+	iput(dreq->inode);
 	kref_put(&dreq->kref, nfs_direct_req_release);
 }
 
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, unsigned long user_addr, size
 
 	dreq->pages = pages;
 	dreq->npages = nr_pages;
+	igrab(inode);
 	dreq->inode = inode;
 	dreq->filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
@@ -549,6 +551,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, unsigned long user_addr, siz
 
 	dreq->pages = pages;
 	dreq->npages = nr_pages;
+	igrab(inode);
 	dreq->inode = inode;
 	dreq->filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))