diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 48d0a8e4d062..96bf4e6f45be 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ int pnfs_ld_read_done(struct nfs_read_data *);
 /* pnfs_dev.c */
 struct nfs4_deviceid_node {
 	struct hlist_node		node;
+	struct hlist_node		tmpnode;
 	const struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld;
 	const struct nfs_client		*nfs_client;
 	struct nfs4_deviceid		deviceid;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
index c65e133ce9c0..5944d4b369a2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ nfs4_init_deviceid_node(struct nfs4_deviceid_node *d,
 			const struct nfs4_deviceid *id)
 {
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&d->node);
+	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&d->tmpnode);
 	d->ld = ld;
 	d->nfs_client = nfs_client;
 	d->deviceid = *id;
@@ -238,24 +239,29 @@ static void
 _deviceid_purge_client(const struct nfs_client *clp, long hash)
 {
 	struct nfs4_deviceid_node *d;
-	struct hlist_node *n, *next;
+	struct hlist_node *n;
 	HLIST_HEAD(tmp);
 
+	spin_lock(&nfs4_deviceid_lock);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(d, n, &nfs4_deviceid_cache[hash], node)
 		if (d->nfs_client == clp && atomic_read(&d->ref)) {
 			hlist_del_init_rcu(&d->node);
-			hlist_add_head(&d->node, &tmp);
+			hlist_add_head(&d->tmpnode, &tmp);
 		}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+	spin_unlock(&nfs4_deviceid_lock);
 
 	if (hlist_empty(&tmp))
 		return;
 
 	synchronize_rcu();
-	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(d, n, next, &tmp, node)
+	while (!hlist_empty(&tmp)) {
+		d = hlist_entry(tmp.first, struct nfs4_deviceid_node, tmpnode);
+		hlist_del(&d->tmpnode);
 		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&d->ref))
 			d->ld->free_deviceid_node(d);
+	}
 }
 
 void
@@ -263,8 +269,8 @@ nfs4_deviceid_purge_client(const struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
 	long h;
 
-	spin_lock(&nfs4_deviceid_lock);
+	if (!(clp->cl_exchange_flags & EXCHGID4_FLAG_USE_PNFS_MDS))
+		return;
 	for (h = 0; h < NFS4_DEVICE_ID_HASH_SIZE; h++)
 		_deviceid_purge_client(clp, h);
-	spin_unlock(&nfs4_deviceid_lock);
 }