diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
index 7a28287..cd3c040 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
@@ -124,11 +124,12 @@
 	if (ret) {
 		cinfo->ds->nwritten -= ret;
 		cinfo->ds->ncommitting += ret;
-		bucket->clseg = bucket->wlseg;
-		if (list_empty(src))
+		if (bucket->clseg == NULL)
+			bucket->clseg = pnfs_get_lseg(bucket->wlseg);
+		if (list_empty(src)) {
+			pnfs_put_lseg_locked(bucket->wlseg);
 			bucket->wlseg = NULL;
-		else
-			pnfs_get_lseg(bucket->clseg);
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -182,19 +183,23 @@
 	struct pnfs_ds_commit_info *fl_cinfo = cinfo->ds;
 	struct pnfs_commit_bucket *bucket;
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *freeme;
+	LIST_HEAD(pages);
 	int i;
 
+	spin_lock(cinfo->lock);
 	for (i = idx; i < fl_cinfo->nbuckets; i++) {
 		bucket = &fl_cinfo->buckets[i];
 		if (list_empty(&bucket->committing))
 			continue;
-		nfs_retry_commit(&bucket->committing, bucket->clseg, cinfo, i);
-		spin_lock(cinfo->lock);
 		freeme = bucket->clseg;
 		bucket->clseg = NULL;
+		list_splice_init(&bucket->committing, &pages);
 		spin_unlock(cinfo->lock);
+		nfs_retry_commit(&pages, freeme, cinfo, i);
 		pnfs_put_lseg(freeme);
+		spin_lock(cinfo->lock);
 	}
+	spin_unlock(cinfo->lock);
 }
 
 static unsigned int
@@ -216,10 +221,6 @@
 		if (!data)
 			break;
 		data->ds_commit_index = i;
-		spin_lock(cinfo->lock);
-		data->lseg = bucket->clseg;
-		bucket->clseg = NULL;
-		spin_unlock(cinfo->lock);
 		list_add(&data->pages, list);
 		nreq++;
 	}
@@ -229,6 +230,22 @@
 	return nreq;
 }
 
+static inline
+void pnfs_fetch_commit_bucket_list(struct list_head *pages,
+		struct nfs_commit_data *data,
+		struct nfs_commit_info *cinfo)
+{
+	struct pnfs_commit_bucket *bucket;
+
+	bucket = &cinfo->ds->buckets[data->ds_commit_index];
+	spin_lock(cinfo->lock);
+	list_splice_init(pages, &bucket->committing);
+	data->lseg = bucket->clseg;
+	bucket->clseg = NULL;
+	spin_unlock(cinfo->lock);
+
+}
+
 /* This follows nfs_commit_list pretty closely */
 int
 pnfs_generic_commit_pagelist(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *mds_pages,
@@ -243,7 +260,7 @@
 	if (!list_empty(mds_pages)) {
 		data = nfs_commitdata_alloc();
 		if (data != NULL) {
-			data->lseg = NULL;
+			data->ds_commit_index = -1;
 			list_add(&data->pages, &list);
 			nreq++;
 		} else {
@@ -265,19 +282,16 @@
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(data, tmp, &list, pages) {
 		list_del_init(&data->pages);
-		if (!data->lseg) {
+		if (data->ds_commit_index < 0) {
 			nfs_init_commit(data, mds_pages, NULL, cinfo);
 			nfs_initiate_commit(NFS_CLIENT(inode), data,
 					    NFS_PROTO(data->inode),
 					    data->mds_ops, how, 0);
 		} else {
-			struct pnfs_commit_bucket *buckets;
+			LIST_HEAD(pages);
 
-			buckets = cinfo->ds->buckets;
-			nfs_init_commit(data,
-					&buckets[data->ds_commit_index].committing,
-					data->lseg,
-					cinfo);
+			pnfs_fetch_commit_bucket_list(&pages, data, cinfo);
+			nfs_init_commit(data, &pages, data->lseg, cinfo);
 			initiate_commit(data, how);
 		}
 	}