diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 08fb273ad4e066100e8b2eecf14313d81507b126..8f7ace5942be61f03a932140314c0d5bf851da4e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -4113,7 +4113,7 @@ nfsd4_renew(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	return status;
 }
 
-static void
+void
 nfsd4_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn)
 {
 	/* do nothing if grace period already ended */
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 4e042105fb6e3dc81595649bdfeff51d2d16a65c..ca73ca79a0ee40998a7b0a8d7afc5c81eb2440ba 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ enum {
 	NFSD_Leasetime,
 	NFSD_Gracetime,
 	NFSD_RecoveryDir,
+	NFSD_V4EndGrace,
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ static ssize_t write_maxconn(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 static ssize_t write_leasetime(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 static ssize_t write_gracetime(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 static ssize_t write_recoverydir(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
+static ssize_t write_v4_end_grace(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size);
 #endif
 
 static ssize_t (*write_op[])(struct file *, char *, size_t) = {
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ static ssize_t (*write_op[])(struct file *, char *, size_t) = {
 	[NFSD_Leasetime] = write_leasetime,
 	[NFSD_Gracetime] = write_gracetime,
 	[NFSD_RecoveryDir] = write_recoverydir,
+	[NFSD_V4EndGrace] = write_v4_end_grace,
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -1077,6 +1080,47 @@ static ssize_t write_recoverydir(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 	return rv;
 }
 
+/**
+ * write_v4_end_grace - release grace period for nfsd's v4.x lock manager
+ *
+ * Input:
+ *			buf:		ignored
+ *			size:		zero
+ * OR
+ *
+ * Input:
+ * 			buf:		any value
+ *			size:		non-zero length of C string in @buf
+ * Output:
+ *			passed-in buffer filled with "Y" or "N" with a newline
+ *			and NULL-terminated C string. This indicates whether
+ *			the grace period has ended in the current net
+ *			namespace. Return code is the size in bytes of the
+ *			string. Writing a string that starts with 'Y', 'y', or
+ *			'1' to the file will end the grace period for nfsd's v4
+ *			lock manager.
+ */
+static ssize_t write_v4_end_grace(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	struct net *net = file->f_dentry->d_sb->s_fs_info;
+	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
+
+	if (size > 0) {
+		switch(buf[0]) {
+		case 'Y':
+		case 'y':
+		case '1':
+			nfsd4_end_grace(nn);
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return scnprintf(buf, SIMPLE_TRANSACTION_LIMIT, "%c\n",
+			 nn->grace_ended ? 'Y' : 'N');
+}
+
 #endif
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -1110,6 +1154,7 @@ static int nfsd_fill_super(struct super_block * sb, void * data, int silent)
 		[NFSD_Leasetime] = {"nfsv4leasetime", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
 		[NFSD_Gracetime] = {"nfsv4gracetime", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
 		[NFSD_RecoveryDir] = {"nfsv4recoverydir", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR},
+		[NFSD_V4EndGrace] = {"v4_end_grace", &transaction_ops, S_IWUSR|S_IRUGO},
 #endif
 		/* last one */ {""}
 	};
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/state.h b/fs/nfsd/state.h
index a5fa6909501e07b2006555c69744acd65dbcb04c..854f0c574ccf887ad1259c03dd319883a5762b71 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@ extern struct nfs4_client_reclaim *nfs4_client_to_reclaim(const char *name,
 							struct nfsd_net *nn);
 extern bool nfs4_has_reclaimed_state(const char *name, struct nfsd_net *nn);
 
+/* grace period management */
+void nfsd4_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn);
+
 /* nfs4recover operations */
 extern int nfsd4_client_tracking_init(struct net *net);
 extern void nfsd4_client_tracking_exit(struct net *net);