if (newbuf == NULL)
                        return -ENOMEM;
 
+               /* Must lock this, so that otherwise unprotected change of
+                * rq_reqmsg is not racing with parallel processing of
+                * imp_replay_list traversing threads. See LU-3333
+                * This is a bandaid at best, we really need to deal with this
+                * in request enlarging code before unpacking that's already
+                * there */
+               if (req->rq_import)
+                       spin_lock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
+
                memcpy(newbuf, req->rq_reqbuf, req->rq_reqbuf_len);
 
                OBD_FREE_LARGE(req->rq_reqbuf, req->rq_reqbuf_len);
                req->rq_reqbuf = newbuf;
                req->rq_reqbuf_len = newbuf_size;
                req->rq_reqmsg = lustre_msg_buf(req->rq_reqbuf, 1, 0);
+
+               if (req->rq_import)
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
        }
 
        /* do enlargement, from wrapper to embedded, from end to begin */
                if (newclrbuf_size + newcipbuf_size <= req->rq_reqbuf_len) {
                        void *src, *dst;
 
+                       if (req->rq_import)
+                               spin_lock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
                        /* move clear text backward. */
                        src = req->rq_clrbuf;
                        dst = (char *) req->rq_reqbuf + newcipbuf_size;
                        req->rq_clrbuf = (struct lustre_msg *) dst;
                        req->rq_clrbuf_len = newclrbuf_size;
                        req->rq_reqmsg = lustre_msg_buf(req->rq_clrbuf, 0, 0);
+
+                       if (req->rq_import)
+                               spin_unlock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
                } else {
                        /* sadly we have to split out the clear buffer */
                        LASSERT(req->rq_reqbuf_len >= newcipbuf_size);
                if (newclrbuf == NULL)
                        return -ENOMEM;
 
+               /* Must lock this, so that otherwise unprotected change of
+                * rq_reqmsg is not racing with parallel processing of
+                * imp_replay_list traversing threads. See LU-3333
+                * This is a bandaid at best, we really need to deal with this
+                * in request enlarging code before unpacking that's already
+                * there */
+               if (req->rq_import)
+                       spin_lock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
+
                memcpy(newclrbuf, req->rq_clrbuf, req->rq_clrbuf_len);
 
                if (req->rq_reqbuf == NULL ||
                req->rq_clrbuf = newclrbuf;
                req->rq_clrbuf_len = newclrbuf_size;
                req->rq_reqmsg = lustre_msg_buf(req->rq_clrbuf, 0, 0);
+
+               if (req->rq_import)
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
        }
 
        _sptlrpc_enlarge_msg_inplace(req->rq_clrbuf, 0, newmsg_size);
 
                if (newbuf == NULL)
                        return -ENOMEM;
 
+               /* Must lock this, so that otherwise unprotected change of
+                * rq_reqmsg is not racing with parallel processing of
+                * imp_replay_list traversing threads. See LU-3333
+                * This is a bandaid at best, we really need to deal with this
+                * in request enlarging code before unpacking that's already
+                * there */
+               if (req->rq_import)
+                       spin_lock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
                memcpy(newbuf, req->rq_reqbuf, req->rq_reqlen);
 
                OBD_FREE_LARGE(req->rq_reqbuf, req->rq_reqbuf_len);
                req->rq_reqbuf = req->rq_reqmsg = newbuf;
                req->rq_reqbuf_len = alloc_size;
+
+               if (req->rq_import)
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
        }
 
        _sptlrpc_enlarge_msg_inplace(req->rq_reqmsg, segment, newsize);
 
                if (newbuf == NULL)
                        return -ENOMEM;
 
+               /* Must lock this, so that otherwise unprotected change of
+                * rq_reqmsg is not racing with parallel processing of
+                * imp_replay_list traversing threads. See LU-3333
+                * This is a bandaid at best, we really need to deal with this
+                * in request enlarging code before unpacking that's already
+                * there */
+               if (req->rq_import)
+                       spin_lock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
+
                memcpy(newbuf, req->rq_reqbuf, req->rq_reqbuf_len);
 
                OBD_FREE_LARGE(req->rq_reqbuf, req->rq_reqbuf_len);
                req->rq_reqbuf_len = newbuf_size;
                req->rq_reqmsg = lustre_msg_buf(req->rq_reqbuf,
                                                PLAIN_PACK_MSG_OFF, 0);
+
+               if (req->rq_import)
+                       spin_unlock(&req->rq_import->imp_lock);
        }
 
        _sptlrpc_enlarge_msg_inplace(req->rq_reqbuf, PLAIN_PACK_MSG_OFF,