diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index b4737fbdec13..9cfa391e2bd0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static int svc_deferred_recv(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 static struct cache_deferred_req *svc_defer(struct cache_req *req);
 static void svc_age_temp_xprts(unsigned long closure);
 static void svc_delete_xprt(struct svc_xprt *xprt);
+static void svc_xprt_do_enqueue(struct svc_xprt *xprt);
 
 /* apparently the "standard" is that clients close
  * idle connections after 5 minutes, servers after
@@ -222,11 +223,12 @@ static void svc_xprt_received(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	if (!test_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags))
 		return;
 	/* As soon as we clear busy, the xprt could be closed and
-	 * 'put', so we need a reference to call svc_xprt_enqueue with:
+	 * 'put', so we need a reference to call svc_xprt_do_enqueue with:
 	 */
 	svc_xprt_get(xprt);
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();
 	clear_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags);
-	svc_xprt_enqueue(xprt);
+	svc_xprt_do_enqueue(xprt);
 	svc_xprt_put(xprt);
 }
 
@@ -335,12 +337,7 @@ static bool svc_xprt_has_something_to_do(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 	return false;
 }
 
-/*
- * Queue up a transport with data pending. If there are idle nfsd
- * processes, wake 'em up.
- *
- */
-void svc_xprt_enqueue(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
+static void svc_xprt_do_enqueue(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 {
 	struct svc_pool *pool;
 	struct svc_rqst	*rqstp;
@@ -398,6 +395,18 @@ void svc_xprt_enqueue(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&pool->sp_lock);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Queue up a transport with data pending. If there are idle nfsd
+ * processes, wake 'em up.
+ *
+ */
+void svc_xprt_enqueue(struct svc_xprt *xprt)
+{
+	if (test_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags))
+		return;
+	svc_xprt_do_enqueue(xprt);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_xprt_enqueue);
 
 /*