diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 0e8ab8e7ddd4..9964c0ee0129 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b3f87b98aa3dc22cc58f970140113b270015cddb
+refs/heads/master: 53b8ee346463946f88b3e1639d688c384df1166c
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index 474c6305afd9..33849d3bc885 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ transfer_commit_list(struct list_head *src, struct list_head *dst,
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, src, wb_list) {
 		if (!nfs_lock_request(req))
 			continue;
+		kref_get(&req->wb_kref);
 		if (cond_resched_lock(cinfo->lock))
 			list_safe_reset_next(req, tmp, wb_list);
 		nfs_request_remove_commit_list(req, cinfo);