diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0145f28e9d49..b3cd6317fb3d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 15ce4a0c1ce0d5e288398cb9e5493fd4e55e2025
+refs/heads/master: a37ec012d7fd352648c8455d3396ea24001efcd3
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 3de7c4b07968..737990dd4dfe 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static void nfs_direct_complete(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
 	} else
 		wake_up(&dreq->wait);
 
+	iput(dreq->inode);
 	kref_put(&dreq->kref, nfs_direct_req_release);
 }
 
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, unsigned long user_addr, size
 
 	dreq->pages = pages;
 	dreq->npages = nr_pages;
+	igrab(inode);
 	dreq->inode = inode;
 	dreq->filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
@@ -549,6 +551,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, unsigned long user_addr, siz
 
 	dreq->pages = pages;
 	dreq->npages = nr_pages;
+	igrab(inode);
 	dreq->inode = inode;
 	dreq->filp = iocb->ki_filp;
 	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))