diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index 2bfbde0..1b5f38f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@
 static void nfs_access_free_entry(struct nfs_access_entry *entry)
 {
 	put_rpccred(entry->cred);
-	kfree(entry);
+	kfree_rcu(entry, rcu_head);
 	smp_mb__before_atomic();
 	atomic_long_dec(&nfs_access_nr_entries);
 	smp_mb__after_atomic();
@@ -2257,6 +2257,38 @@
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
+static int nfs_access_get_cached_rcu(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs_access_entry *res)
+{
+	/* Only check the most recently returned cache entry,
+	 * but do it without locking.
+	 */
+	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+	struct nfs_access_entry *cache;
+	int err = -ECHILD;
+	struct list_head *lh;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACCESS)
+		goto out;
+	lh = rcu_dereference(nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru.prev);
+	cache = list_entry(lh, struct nfs_access_entry, lru);
+	if (lh == &nfsi->access_cache_entry_lru ||
+	    cred != cache->cred)
+		cache = NULL;
+	if (cache == NULL)
+		goto out;
+	if (!nfs_have_delegated_attributes(inode) &&
+	    !time_in_range_open(jiffies, cache->jiffies, cache->jiffies + nfsi->attrtimeo))
+		goto out;
+	res->jiffies = cache->jiffies;
+	res->cred = cache->cred;
+	res->mask = cache->mask;
+	err = 0;
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return err;
+}
+
 static void nfs_access_add_rbtree(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_access_entry *set)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
@@ -2300,6 +2332,11 @@
 	cache->cred = get_rpccred(set->cred);
 	cache->mask = set->mask;
 
+	/* The above field assignments must be visible
+	 * before this item appears on the lru.  We cannot easily
+	 * use rcu_assign_pointer, so just force the memory barrier.
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
 	nfs_access_add_rbtree(inode, cache);
 
 	/* Update accounting */
@@ -2339,7 +2376,9 @@
 
 	trace_nfs_access_enter(inode);
 
-	status = nfs_access_get_cached(inode, cred, &cache);
+	status = nfs_access_get_cached_rcu(inode, cred, &cache);
+	if (status != 0)
+		status = nfs_access_get_cached(inode, cred, &cache);
 	if (status == 0)
 		goto out_cached;