diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
index 5974e8a493c4..e5a3b5141ed2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct rpc_cred {
 #define RPC_CREDCACHE_MASK	(RPC_CREDCACHE_NR - 1)
 struct rpc_cred_cache {
 	struct hlist_head	hashtable[RPC_CREDCACHE_NR];
+	spinlock_t		lock;
 	unsigned long		nextgc;		/* next garbage collection */
 	unsigned long		expire;		/* cache expiry interval */
 };
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ struct rpc_credops {
 extern const struct rpc_authops	authunix_ops;
 extern const struct rpc_authops	authnull_ops;
 
+void __init		rpc_init_authunix(void);
+
 int			rpcauth_register(const struct rpc_authops *);
 int			rpcauth_unregister(const struct rpc_authops *);
 struct rpc_auth *	rpcauth_create(rpc_authflavor_t, struct rpc_clnt *);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index ad7bde2c437e..cf1198d10ee9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ rpcauth_unhash_cred_locked(struct rpc_cred *cred)
 	clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_HASHED, &cred->cr_flags);
 }
 
+static void
+rpcauth_unhash_cred(struct rpc_cred *cred)
+{
+	spinlock_t *cache_lock;
+
+	cache_lock = &cred->cr_auth->au_credcache->lock;
+	spin_lock(cache_lock);
+	if (atomic_read(&cred->cr_count) == 0)
+		rpcauth_unhash_cred_locked(cred);
+	spin_unlock(cache_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Initialize RPC credential cache
  */
@@ -134,6 +146,7 @@ rpcauth_init_credcache(struct rpc_auth *auth, unsigned long expire)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	for (i = 0; i < RPC_CREDCACHE_NR; i++)
 		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&new->hashtable[i]);
+	spin_lock_init(&new->lock);
 	new->expire = expire;
 	new->nextgc = jiffies + (expire >> 1);
 	auth->au_credcache = new;
@@ -168,6 +181,7 @@ rpcauth_clear_credcache(struct rpc_cred_cache *cache)
 	int		i;
 
 	spin_lock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&cache->lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < RPC_CREDCACHE_NR; i++) {
 		head = &cache->hashtable[i];
 		while (!hlist_empty(head)) {
@@ -177,6 +191,7 @@ rpcauth_clear_credcache(struct rpc_cred_cache *cache)
 			rpcauth_unhash_cred_locked(cred);
 		}
 	}
+	spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
 	spin_unlock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
 	rpcauth_destroy_credlist(&free);
 }
@@ -202,6 +217,7 @@ rpcauth_destroy_credcache(struct rpc_auth *auth)
 static void
 rpcauth_prune_expired(struct list_head *free)
 {
+	spinlock_t *cache_lock;
 	struct rpc_cred *cred;
 
 	while (!list_empty(&cred_unused)) {
@@ -212,9 +228,14 @@ rpcauth_prune_expired(struct list_head *free)
 		list_del_init(&cred->cr_lru);
 		if (atomic_read(&cred->cr_count) != 0)
 			continue;
-		get_rpccred(cred);
-		list_add_tail(&cred->cr_lru, free);
-		rpcauth_unhash_cred_locked(cred);
+		cache_lock = &cred->cr_auth->au_credcache->lock;
+		spin_lock(cache_lock);
+		if (atomic_read(&cred->cr_count) == 0) {
+			get_rpccred(cred);
+			list_add_tail(&cred->cr_lru, free);
+			rpcauth_unhash_cred_locked(cred);
+		}
+		spin_unlock(cache_lock);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -253,21 +274,19 @@ rpcauth_lookup_credcache(struct rpc_auth *auth, struct auth_cred * acred,
 	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(entry, pos, &cache->hashtable[nr], cr_hash) {
 		if (!entry->cr_ops->crmatch(acred, entry, flags))
 			continue;
-		spin_lock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
+		spin_lock(&cache->lock);
 		if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_HASHED, &entry->cr_flags) == 0) {
-			spin_unlock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
 			continue;
 		}
 		cred = get_rpccred(entry);
-		spin_unlock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
 		break;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	if (cred != NULL) {
-		rpcauth_gc_credcache(cache, &free);
+	if (cred != NULL)
 		goto found;
-	}
 
 	new = auth->au_ops->crcreate(auth, acred, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
@@ -275,7 +294,7 @@ rpcauth_lookup_credcache(struct rpc_auth *auth, struct auth_cred * acred,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
+	spin_lock(&cache->lock);
 	hlist_for_each_entry(entry, pos, &cache->hashtable[nr], cr_hash) {
 		if (!entry->cr_ops->crmatch(acred, entry, flags))
 			continue;
@@ -288,9 +307,7 @@ rpcauth_lookup_credcache(struct rpc_auth *auth, struct auth_cred * acred,
 		hlist_add_head_rcu(&cred->cr_hash, &cache->hashtable[nr]);
 	} else
 		list_add_tail(&new->cr_lru, &free);
-	rpcauth_prune_expired(&free);
-	cache->nextgc = jiffies + cache->expire;
-	spin_unlock(&rpc_credcache_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
 found:
 	if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_NEW, &cred->cr_flags)
 			&& cred->cr_ops->cr_init != NULL
@@ -301,6 +318,7 @@ found:
 			cred = ERR_PTR(res);
 		}
 	}
+	rpcauth_gc_credcache(cache, &free);
 	rpcauth_destroy_credlist(&free);
 out:
 	return cred;
@@ -393,7 +411,7 @@ need_lock:
 	if (!list_empty(&cred->cr_lru))
 		list_del_init(&cred->cr_lru);
 	if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags) == 0)
-		rpcauth_unhash_cred_locked(cred);
+		rpcauth_unhash_cred(cred);
 	else if (test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_HASHED, &cred->cr_flags) != 0) {
 		cred->cr_expire = jiffies;
 		list_add_tail(&cred->cr_lru, &cred_unused);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
index f7ff6ad3259e..205878a3caa5 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ unx_validate(struct rpc_task *task, __be32 *p)
 	return p;
 }
 
+void __init rpc_init_authunix(void)
+{
+	spin_lock_init(&unix_cred_cache.lock);
+}
+
 const struct rpc_authops authunix_ops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.au_flavor	= RPC_AUTH_UNIX,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
index 3e19e7af6799..018065fca84b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ init_sunrpc(void)
 	cache_register(&ip_map_cache);
 	cache_register(&unix_gid_cache);
 	init_socket_xprt();
+	rpc_init_authunix();
 out:
 	return err;
 }