diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index c2a4701d..d9454fe 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1816,10 +1816,7 @@
 static __be32 nfsd4_encode_path(const struct path *root,
 		const struct path *path, __be32 **pp, int *buflen)
 {
-	struct path cur = {
-		.mnt = path->mnt,
-		.dentry = path->dentry,
-	};
+	struct path cur = *path;
 	__be32 *p = *pp;
 	struct dentry **components = NULL;
 	unsigned int ncomponents = 0;
@@ -1859,14 +1856,19 @@
 
 	while (ncomponents) {
 		struct dentry *dentry = components[ncomponents - 1];
-		unsigned int len = dentry->d_name.len;
+		unsigned int len;
 
+		spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+		len = dentry->d_name.len;
 		*buflen -= 4 + (XDR_QUADLEN(len) << 2);
-		if (*buflen < 0)
+		if (*buflen < 0) {
+			spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 			goto out_free;
+		}
 		WRITE32(len);
 		WRITEMEM(dentry->d_name.name, len);
 		dprintk("/%s", dentry->d_name.name);
+		spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
 		dput(dentry);
 		ncomponents--;
 	}