diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 5a331da5f55a..f04fc0f7843b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@ static struct nfs_access_entry *nfs_access_search_rbtree(struct inode *inode, co
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int nfs_access_get_cached(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred, struct nfs_access_entry *res, bool may_block)
+static int nfs_access_get_cached_locked(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred, struct nfs_access_entry *res, bool may_block)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 	struct nfs_access_entry *cache;
@@ -2533,6 +2533,20 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+int nfs_access_get_cached(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred, struct
+nfs_access_entry *res, bool may_block)
+{
+	int status;
+
+	status = nfs_access_get_cached_rcu(inode, cred, res);
+	if (status != 0)
+		status = nfs_access_get_cached_locked(inode, cred, res,
+		    may_block);
+
+	return status;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_access_get_cached);
+
 static void nfs_access_add_rbtree(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_access_entry *set)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
@@ -2647,9 +2661,7 @@ static int nfs_do_access(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred, int mask)
 
 	trace_nfs_access_enter(inode);
 
-	status = nfs_access_get_cached_rcu(inode, cred, &cache);
-	if (status != 0)
-		status = nfs_access_get_cached(inode, cred, &cache, may_block);
+	status = nfs_access_get_cached(inode, cred, &cache, may_block);
 	if (status == 0)
 		goto out_cached;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index b743988fcbd0..714b577dce19 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ extern int nfs_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nfs_fh *fh,
 			struct nfs_fattr *fattr, struct nfs4_label *label);
 extern int nfs_may_open(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred, int openflags);
 extern void nfs_access_zap_cache(struct inode *inode);
+extern int nfs_access_get_cached(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred, struct nfs_access_entry *res,
+				 bool may_block);
 
 /*
  * linux/fs/nfs/symlink.c