diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index cbfbd17eae85..85e4e4be401a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -500,16 +500,17 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	if (!count)
 		goto out;
 
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	result = nfs_sync_mapping(mapping);
 	if (result)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	task_io_account_read(count);
 
 	result = -ENOMEM;
 	dreq = nfs_direct_req_alloc();
 	if (dreq == NULL)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	dreq->inode = inode;
 	dreq->bytes_left = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
@@ -525,13 +526,22 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 
 	NFS_I(inode)->read_io += iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 	result = nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(dreq, iov, nr_segs, pos, uio);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+
 	if (!result) {
 		result = nfs_direct_wait(dreq);
 		if (result > 0)
 			iocb->ki_pos = pos + result;
 	}
+
+	nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
+	return result;
+
 out_release:
 	nfs_direct_req_release(dreq);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 out:
 	return result;
 }