diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 2eb3bfbc8..74b2c6c5a 100755
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1626,9 +1626,9 @@ nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 
 	host_err = vfs_symlink(d_inode(dentry), dnew, path);
 	err = nfserrno(host_err);
+	fh_unlock(fhp);
 	if (!err)
 		err = nfserrno(commit_metadata(fhp));
-	fh_unlock(fhp);
 
 	fh_drop_write(fhp);
 
@@ -1693,6 +1693,7 @@ nfsd_link(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp,
 	if (d_really_is_negative(dold))
 		goto out_dput;
 	host_err = vfs_link(dold, dirp, dnew, NULL);
+	fh_unlock(ffhp);
 	if (!host_err) {
 		err = nfserrno(commit_metadata(ffhp));
 		if (!err)
@@ -1913,10 +1914,10 @@ nfsd_unlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 		host_err = vfs_rmdir(dirp, rdentry);
 	}
 
+	fh_unlock(fhp);
 	if (!host_err)
 		host_err = commit_metadata(fhp);
 	dput(rdentry);
-	fh_unlock(fhp);
 	iput(rinode);    /* truncate the inode here */
 
 out_drop_write: