extern struct nfs4_state_owner *nfs4_get_state_owner(struct nfs_server *, const struct cred *, gfp_t);
 extern void nfs4_put_state_owner(struct nfs4_state_owner *);
-extern void nfs4_purge_state_owners(struct nfs_server *);
+extern void nfs4_purge_state_owners(struct nfs_server *, struct list_head *);
+extern void nfs4_free_state_owners(struct list_head *head);
 extern struct nfs4_state * nfs4_get_open_state(struct inode *, struct nfs4_state_owner *);
 extern void nfs4_put_open_state(struct nfs4_state *);
 extern void nfs4_close_state(struct nfs4_state *, fmode_t);
 
 /**
  * nfs4_purge_state_owners - Release all cached state owners
  * @server: nfs_server with cached state owners to release
+ * @head: resulting list of state owners
  *
  * Called at umount time.  Remaining state owners will be on
  * the LRU with ref count of zero.
+ * Note that the state owners are not freed, but are added
+ * to the list @head, which can later be used as an argument
+ * to nfs4_free_state_owners.
  */
-void nfs4_purge_state_owners(struct nfs_server *server)
+void nfs4_purge_state_owners(struct nfs_server *server, struct list_head *head)
 {
        struct nfs_client *clp = server->nfs_client;
        struct nfs4_state_owner *sp, *tmp;
-       LIST_HEAD(doomed);
 
        spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, tmp, &server->state_owners_lru, so_lru) {
-               list_move(&sp->so_lru, &doomed);
+               list_move(&sp->so_lru, head);
                nfs4_remove_state_owner_locked(sp);
        }
        spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
+}
 
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, tmp, &doomed, so_lru) {
+/**
+ * nfs4_purge_state_owners - Release all cached state owners
+ * @head: resulting list of state owners
+ *
+ * Frees a list of state owners that was generated by
+ * nfs4_purge_state_owners
+ */
+void nfs4_free_state_owners(struct list_head *head)
+{
+       struct nfs4_state_owner *sp, *tmp;
+
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(sp, tmp, head, so_lru) {
                list_del(&sp->so_lru);
                nfs4_free_state_owner(sp);
        }
        struct nfs4_state_owner *sp;
        struct nfs_server *server;
        struct rb_node *pos;
+       LIST_HEAD(freeme);
        int status = 0;
 
 restart:
        rcu_read_lock();
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(server, &clp->cl_superblocks, client_link) {
-               nfs4_purge_state_owners(server);
+               nfs4_purge_state_owners(server, &freeme);
                spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
                for (pos = rb_first(&server->state_owners);
                     pos != NULL;
                spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
+       nfs4_free_state_owners(&freeme);
        return 0;
 }