}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_put_lseg);
 
-static void pnfs_put_lseg_async_work(struct work_struct *work)
+static void pnfs_free_lseg_async_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg;
+       struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo;
 
        lseg = container_of(work, struct pnfs_layout_segment, pls_work);
+       lo = lseg->pls_layout;
 
-       pnfs_put_lseg(lseg);
+       pnfs_free_lseg(lseg);
+       pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
 }
 
-void
-pnfs_put_lseg_async(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+static void pnfs_free_lseg_async(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
-       INIT_WORK(&lseg->pls_work, pnfs_put_lseg_async_work);
+       INIT_WORK(&lseg->pls_work, pnfs_free_lseg_async_work);
        schedule_work(&lseg->pls_work);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_put_lseg_async);
+
+void
+pnfs_put_lseg_locked(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+{
+       if (!lseg)
+               return;
+
+       assert_spin_locked(&lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode->i_lock);
+
+       dprintk("%s: lseg %p ref %d valid %d\n", __func__, lseg,
+               atomic_read(&lseg->pls_refcount),
+               test_bit(NFS_LSEG_VALID, &lseg->pls_flags));
+       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&lseg->pls_refcount)) {
+               struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo = lseg->pls_layout;
+               pnfs_get_layout_hdr(lo);
+               pnfs_layout_remove_lseg(lo, lseg);
+               pnfs_free_lseg_async(lseg);
+       }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_put_lseg_locked);
 
 static u64
 end_offset(u64 start, u64 len)
 
 /* pnfs.c */
 void pnfs_get_layout_hdr(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo);
 void pnfs_put_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
-void pnfs_put_lseg_async(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
+void pnfs_put_lseg_locked(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
 
 void set_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *, const struct nfs_fh *, u32);
 void unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *);
 {
 }
 
-static inline void pnfs_put_lseg_async(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
-{
-}
-
 static inline int pnfs_return_layout(struct inode *ino)
 {
        return 0;