diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 21e404e7cb68c718c20f67f76714a26f14f1d4d0..0e1caf71296e7dce30d0b00aead084d5d8010a5a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -331,14 +331,23 @@ static void nfsd4_fslocs_free(struct nfsd4_fs_locations *fsloc)
 	fsloc->locations = NULL;
 }
 
+static void svc_export_release(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
+{
+	struct svc_export *exp = container_of(rcu_head, struct svc_export,
+			ex_rcu);
+
+	nfsd4_fslocs_free(&exp->ex_fslocs);
+	kfree(exp->ex_uuid);
+	kfree(exp);
+}
+
 static void svc_export_put(struct kref *ref)
 {
 	struct svc_export *exp = container_of(ref, struct svc_export, h.ref);
+
 	path_put(&exp->ex_path);
 	auth_domain_put(exp->ex_client);
-	nfsd4_fslocs_free(&exp->ex_fslocs);
-	kfree(exp->ex_uuid);
-	kfree_rcu(exp, ex_rcu);
+	call_rcu(&exp->ex_rcu, svc_export_release);
 }
 
 static int svc_export_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
@@ -1246,10 +1255,9 @@ static int e_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	exp_get(exp);
-	if (cache_check(cd, &exp->h, NULL))
+	if (cache_check_rcu(cd, &exp->h, NULL))
 		return 0;
-	exp_put(exp);
+
 	return svc_export_show(m, cd, cp);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
index 5298d6dd61dba7afcc49c721860440a7b9fb8283..e55969b0cf87fd9e4f5224fa2ce99d79b9f9923a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ static inline bool cache_is_expired(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_he
 	return detail->flush_time >= h->last_refresh;
 }
 
+extern int cache_check_rcu(struct cache_detail *detail,
+		       struct cache_head *h, struct cache_req *rqstp);
 extern int cache_check(struct cache_detail *detail,
 		       struct cache_head *h, struct cache_req *rqstp);
 extern void cache_flush(void);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 20c93b68505e6d21481fe8affa6adfbd2ad7bf49..4b4ad9e52e693a6d6745b7e6b302e679406d749a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -279,21 +279,7 @@ static int try_to_negate_entry(struct cache_detail *detail, struct cache_head *h
 	return rv;
 }
 
-/*
- * This is the generic cache management routine for all
- * the authentication caches.
- * It checks the currency of a cache item and will (later)
- * initiate an upcall to fill it if needed.
- *
- *
- * Returns 0 if the cache_head can be used, or cache_puts it and returns
- * -EAGAIN if upcall is pending and request has been queued
- * -ETIMEDOUT if upcall failed or request could not be queue or
- *           upcall completed but item is still invalid (implying that
- *           the cache item has been replaced with a newer one).
- * -ENOENT if cache entry was negative
- */
-int cache_check(struct cache_detail *detail,
+int cache_check_rcu(struct cache_detail *detail,
 		    struct cache_head *h, struct cache_req *rqstp)
 {
 	int rv;
@@ -334,6 +320,31 @@ int cache_check(struct cache_detail *detail,
 				rv = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		}
 	}
+
+	return rv;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cache_check_rcu);
+
+/*
+ * This is the generic cache management routine for all
+ * the authentication caches.
+ * It checks the currency of a cache item and will (later)
+ * initiate an upcall to fill it if needed.
+ *
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the cache_head can be used, or cache_puts it and returns
+ * -EAGAIN if upcall is pending and request has been queued
+ * -ETIMEDOUT if upcall failed or request could not be queue or
+ *           upcall completed but item is still invalid (implying that
+ *           the cache item has been replaced with a newer one).
+ * -ENOENT if cache entry was negative
+ */
+int cache_check(struct cache_detail *detail,
+		struct cache_head *h, struct cache_req *rqstp)
+{
+	int rv;
+
+	rv = cache_check_rcu(detail, h, rqstp);
 	if (rv)
 		cache_put(h, detail);
 	return rv;
@@ -1434,15 +1445,11 @@ static int c_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 		seq_printf(m, "# expiry=%lld refcnt=%d flags=%lx\n",
 			   convert_to_wallclock(cp->expiry_time),
 			   kref_read(&cp->ref), cp->flags);
-	cache_get(cp);
-	if (cache_check(cd, cp, NULL))
-		/* cache_check does a cache_put on failure */
+
+	if (cache_check_rcu(cd, cp, NULL))
+		seq_puts(m, "# ");
+	else if (cache_is_expired(cd, cp))
 		seq_puts(m, "# ");
-	else {
-		if (cache_is_expired(cd, cp))
-			seq_puts(m, "# ");
-		cache_put(cp, cd);
-	}
 
 	return cd->cache_show(m, cd, cp);
 }