diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
index b5760801d377..9edd3c1a30fb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static __be32 nfsacld_proc_setacl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_errno;
 
-	fh_lock(fh);
+	inode_lock(inode);
 
 	error = set_posix_acl(&init_user_ns, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
 			      argp->acl_access);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static __be32 nfsacld_proc_setacl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_drop_lock;
 
-	fh_unlock(fh);
+	inode_unlock(inode);
 
 	fh_drop_write(fh);
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ out:
 	return rpc_success;
 
 out_drop_lock:
-	fh_unlock(fh);
+	inode_unlock(inode);
 	fh_drop_write(fh);
 out_errno:
 	resp->status = nfserrno(error);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
index 35b2ebda14da..9446c6743664 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3acl.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd3_proc_setacl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (error)
 		goto out_errno;
 
-	fh_lock(fh);
+	inode_lock(inode);
 
 	error = set_posix_acl(&init_user_ns, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS,
 			      argp->acl_access);
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static __be32 nfsd3_proc_setacl(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 			      argp->acl_default);
 
 out_drop_lock:
-	fh_unlock(fh);
+	inode_unlock(inode);
 	fh_drop_write(fh);
 out_errno:
 	resp->status = nfserrno(error);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index e479a1df5435..c5d199d7e6b4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -7397,21 +7397,22 @@ out:
 static __be32 nfsd_test_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct file_lock *lock)
 {
 	struct nfsd_file *nf;
+	struct inode *inode;
 	__be32 err;
 
 	err = nfsd_file_acquire(rqstp, fhp, NFSD_MAY_READ, &nf);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	fh_lock(fhp); /* to block new leases till after test_lock: */
-	err = nfserrno(nfsd_open_break_lease(fhp->fh_dentry->d_inode,
-							NFSD_MAY_READ));
+	inode = fhp->fh_dentry->d_inode;
+	inode_lock(inode); /* to block new leases till after test_lock: */
+	err = nfserrno(nfsd_open_break_lease(inode, NFSD_MAY_READ));
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 	lock->fl_file = nf->nf_file;
 	err = nfserrno(vfs_test_lock(nf->nf_file, lock));
 	lock->fl_file = NULL;
 out:
-	fh_unlock(fhp);
+	inode_unlock(inode);
 	nfsd_file_put(nf);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 19b47ca2f238..8d5aa2faabf7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	fh_lock(fhp);
+	inode_lock(inode);
 	if (size_change) {
 		/*
 		 * RFC5661, Section 18.30.4:
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ out_unlock:
 		attr->na_aclerr = set_posix_acl(&init_user_ns,
 						inode, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT,
 						attr->na_dpacl);
-	fh_unlock(fhp);
+	inode_unlock(inode);
 	if (size_change)
 		put_write_access(inode);
 out:
@@ -2155,13 +2155,16 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-/*
- * Removexattr and setxattr need to call fh_lock to both lock the inode
- * and set the change attribute. Since the top-level vfs_removexattr
- * and vfs_setxattr calls already do their own inode_lock calls, call
- * the _locked variant. Pass in a NULL pointer for delegated_inode,
- * and let the client deal with NFS4ERR_DELAY (same as with e.g.
- * setattr and remove).
+/**
+ * nfsd_removexattr - Remove an extended attribute
+ * @rqstp: RPC transaction being executed
+ * @fhp: NFS filehandle of object with xattr to remove
+ * @name: name of xattr to remove (NUL-terminate)
+ *
+ * Pass in a NULL pointer for delegated_inode, and let the client deal
+ * with NFS4ERR_DELAY (same as with e.g. setattr and remove).
+ *
+ * Returns nfs_ok on success, or an nfsstat in network byte order.
  */
 __be32
 nfsd_removexattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, char *name)
@@ -2177,12 +2180,14 @@ nfsd_removexattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, char *name)
 	if (ret)
 		return nfserrno(ret);
 
-	fh_lock(fhp);
+	inode_lock(fhp->fh_dentry->d_inode);
+	fh_fill_pre_attrs(fhp);
 
 	ret = __vfs_removexattr_locked(&init_user_ns, fhp->fh_dentry,
 				       name, NULL);
 
-	fh_unlock(fhp);
+	fh_fill_post_attrs(fhp);
+	inode_unlock(fhp->fh_dentry->d_inode);
 	fh_drop_write(fhp);
 
 	return nfsd_xattr_errno(ret);
@@ -2202,12 +2207,13 @@ nfsd_setxattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, char *name,
 	ret = fh_want_write(fhp);
 	if (ret)
 		return nfserrno(ret);
-	fh_lock(fhp);
+	inode_lock(fhp->fh_dentry->d_inode);
+	fh_fill_pre_attrs(fhp);
 
 	ret = __vfs_setxattr_locked(&init_user_ns, fhp->fh_dentry, name, buf,
 				    len, flags, NULL);
-
-	fh_unlock(fhp);
+	fh_fill_post_attrs(fhp);
+	inode_unlock(fhp->fh_dentry->d_inode);
 	fh_drop_write(fhp);
 
 	return nfsd_xattr_errno(ret);