diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index e5da9d7fb69e9ba9f75881c2782b89629a178c0f..1e883df26d4aa6e0ee5a792407485b1592287c2d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -396,8 +396,6 @@ static void nfs_direct_complete(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dreq->inode;
 
-	inode_dio_end(inode);
-
 	if (dreq->iocb) {
 		long res = (long) dreq->error;
 		if (dreq->count != 0) {
@@ -409,7 +407,10 @@ static void nfs_direct_complete(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 
 	complete(&dreq->completion);
 
+	igrab(inode);
 	nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
+	inode_dio_end(inode);
+	iput(inode);
 }
 
 static void nfs_direct_read_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
@@ -539,8 +540,10 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
 	 * generic layer handle the completion.
 	 */
 	if (requested_bytes == 0) {
-		inode_dio_end(inode);
+		igrab(inode);
 		nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
+		inode_dio_end(inode);
+		iput(inode);
 		return result < 0 ? result : -EIO;
 	}
 
@@ -957,8 +960,10 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
 	 * generic layer handle the completion.
 	 */
 	if (requested_bytes == 0) {
-		inode_dio_end(inode);
+		igrab(inode);
 		nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
+		inode_dio_end(inode);
+		iput(inode);
 		return result < 0 ? result : -EIO;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index d8f25b1ae233228d0ca527368a2dd702738c7232..f4d69aecb613a8c33ddff8b59cd39c65d4dfd50a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ nfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	dprintk("NFS: release(%pD2)\n", filp);
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSRELEASE);
+	inode_dio_wait(inode);
 	nfs_file_clear_open_context(filp);
 	return 0;
 }