diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 73e0f9740dd1ae35807055666f4ffa0a41aa2cbb..c68ec447ace11667cf7c019daa5c119b91eaeaad 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -139,10 +139,8 @@ nfs_opendir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSOPEN);
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	/* Call generic open code in order to cache credentials */
 	res = nfs_open(inode, filp);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -1019,9 +1017,7 @@ static struct dentry *nfs_atomic_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry
 	}
 
 	/* Open the file on the server */
-	lock_kernel();
 	res = nfs4_atomic_open(dir, dentry, nd);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	if (IS_ERR(res)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(res);
 		switch (error) {
@@ -1083,9 +1079,7 @@ static int nfs_open_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
 	 * operations that change the directory. We therefore save the
 	 * change attribute *before* we do the RPC call.
 	 */
-	lock_kernel();
 	ret = nfs4_open_revalidate(dir, dentry, openflags, nd);
-	unlock_kernel();
 out:
 	dput(parent);
 	if (!ret)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index f919d9a01a27210b1072eea7cccc168308a88c10..9f1bed944b2ec9478ca3f568f73fc21a6d2fbe66 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -128,9 +128,7 @@ nfs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		return res;
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSOPEN);
-	lock_kernel();
 	res = nfs_open(inode, filp);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 4451287a81d16aa4233c39459e6995d09916ae5d..c910413eaecafd80ff2c6012dda6baad388cc6dd 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -451,9 +451,7 @@ static struct nfs4_state *nfs4_try_open_cached(struct nfs4_opendata *opendata)
 		/* Save the delegation */
 		memcpy(stateid.data, delegation->stateid.data, sizeof(stateid.data));
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-		lock_kernel();
 		ret = nfs_may_open(state->inode, state->owner->so_cred, open_mode);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		if (ret != 0)
 			goto out;
 		ret = -EAGAIN;