diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index bf7f0b21066d..030c39c107c2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1740,6 +1740,17 @@ static bool pnfs_prepare_to_retry_layoutget(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo)
 				   TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
+static void nfs_layoutget_begin(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&lo->plh_outstanding);
+}
+
+static void nfs_layoutget_end(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&lo->plh_outstanding))
+		wake_up_var(&lo->plh_outstanding);
+}
+
 static void pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo)
 {
 	unsigned long *bitlock = &lo->plh_flags;
@@ -1839,6 +1850,21 @@ lookup_again:
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If the layout segment list is empty, but there are outstanding
+	 * layoutget calls, then they might be subject to a layoutrecall.
+	 */
+	if (list_empty(&lo->plh_segs) &&
+	    atomic_read(&lo->plh_outstanding) != 0) {
+		spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
+		if (wait_var_event_killable(&lo->plh_outstanding,
+					atomic_read(&lo->plh_outstanding) == 0
+					|| !list_empty(&lo->plh_segs)))
+			goto out_put_layout_hdr;
+		pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
+		goto lookup_again;
+	}
+
 	lseg = pnfs_find_lseg(lo, &arg, strict_iomode);
 	if (lseg) {
 		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
@@ -1912,7 +1938,7 @@ lookup_again:
 				PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_BLOCKED);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	atomic_inc(&lo->plh_outstanding);
+	nfs_layoutget_begin(lo);
 	spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 
 	_add_to_server_list(lo, server);
@@ -1929,14 +1955,14 @@ lookup_again:
 	if (!lgp) {
 		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, NULL,
 					 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_NOMEM);
-		atomic_dec(&lo->plh_outstanding);
+		nfs_layoutget_end(lo);
 		goto out_put_layout_hdr;
 	}
 
 	lseg = nfs4_proc_layoutget(lgp, &timeout);
 	trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_SEND_LAYOUTGET);
-	atomic_dec(&lo->plh_outstanding);
+	nfs_layoutget_end(lo);
 	if (IS_ERR(lseg)) {
 		switch(PTR_ERR(lseg)) {
 		case -EBUSY:
@@ -2031,7 +2057,7 @@ _pnfs_grab_empty_layout(struct inode *ino, struct nfs_open_context *ctx)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	if (test_and_set_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_FIRST_LAYOUTGET, &lo->plh_flags))
 		goto out_unlock;
-	atomic_inc(&lo->plh_outstanding);
+	nfs_layoutget_begin(lo);
 	spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 	_add_to_server_list(lo, NFS_SERVER(ino));
 	return lo;
@@ -2172,8 +2198,8 @@ void nfs4_lgopen_release(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp)
 		struct inode *inode = lgp->args.inode;
 		if (inode) {
 			struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo = NFS_I(inode)->layout;
-			atomic_dec(&lo->plh_outstanding);
 			pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(lo);
+			nfs_layoutget_end(lo);
 		}
 		pnfs_layoutget_free(lgp);
 	}