diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index c045c7169fa0..41963ffca597 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ nfs_file_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 		iocb->ki_filp,
 		iov_iter_count(to), (unsigned long) iocb->ki_pos);
 
-	result = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping);
+	result = nfs_revalidate_mapping_protected(inode, iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping);
 	if (!result) {
 		result = generic_file_read_iter(iocb, to);
 		if (result > 0)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ nfs_file_splice_read(struct file *filp, loff_t *ppos,
 	dprintk("NFS: splice_read(%pD2, %lu@%Lu)\n",
 		filp, (unsigned long) count, (unsigned long long) *ppos);
 
-	res = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping);
+	res = nfs_revalidate_mapping_protected(inode, filp->f_mapping);
 	if (!res) {
 		res = generic_file_splice_read(filp, ppos, pipe, count, flags);
 		if (res > 0)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 5026c44a98e1..8edb7d049565 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1067,11 +1067,14 @@ static bool nfs_mapping_need_revalidate_inode(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 /**
- * nfs_revalidate_mapping - Revalidate the pagecache
+ * __nfs_revalidate_mapping - Revalidate the pagecache
  * @inode - pointer to host inode
  * @mapping - pointer to mapping
+ * @may_lock - take inode->i_mutex?
  */
-int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
+static int __nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode,
+		struct address_space *mapping,
+		bool may_lock)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
 	unsigned long *bitlock = &nfsi->flags;
@@ -1120,7 +1123,12 @@ int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 	nfsi->cache_validity &= ~NFS_INO_INVALID_DATA;
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	trace_nfs_invalidate_mapping_enter(inode);
-	ret = nfs_invalidate_mapping(inode, mapping);
+	if (may_lock) {
+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		ret = nfs_invalidate_mapping(inode, mapping);
+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	} else
+		ret = nfs_invalidate_mapping(inode, mapping);
 	trace_nfs_invalidate_mapping_exit(inode, ret);
 
 	clear_bit_unlock(NFS_INO_INVALIDATING, bitlock);
@@ -1130,6 +1138,29 @@ int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * nfs_revalidate_mapping - Revalidate the pagecache
+ * @inode - pointer to host inode
+ * @mapping - pointer to mapping
+ */
+int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	return __nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, mapping, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * nfs_revalidate_mapping_protected - Revalidate the pagecache
+ * @inode - pointer to host inode
+ * @mapping - pointer to mapping
+ *
+ * Differs from nfs_revalidate_mapping() in that it grabs the inode->i_mutex
+ * while invalidating the mapping.
+ */
+int nfs_revalidate_mapping_protected(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	return __nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, mapping, true);
+}
+
 static unsigned long nfs_wcc_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr)
 {
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 59b1516b9fd4..b01ccf371fdc 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ extern int nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode);
 extern int nfs_revalidate_inode_rcu(struct nfs_server *server, struct inode *inode);
 extern int __nfs_revalidate_inode(struct nfs_server *, struct inode *);
 extern int nfs_revalidate_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping);
+extern int nfs_revalidate_mapping_protected(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping);
 extern int nfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern void nfs_setattr_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct iattr *attr, struct nfs_fattr *);
 extern void nfs_setsecurity(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_fattr *fattr,