diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index e7462b5e5f1e2bacd845896c9f7a5635ccf74be0..502e1b7742dbf604e8a30f502f34292fb38ed1cc 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,9 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct nfsd_file *nf,
 	since = READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err);
 	if (verf)
 		nfsd_copy_write_verifier(verf, nn);
+	file_start_write(file);
 	host_err = vfs_iter_write(file, &iter, &pos, flags);
+	file_end_write(file);
 	if (host_err < 0) {
 		nfsd_reset_write_verifier(nn);
 		trace_nfsd_writeverf_reset(nn, rqstp, host_err);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 1fd3f5e572854750575fc0ee0a714b5b3ecca33b..fea7ce8fba14e4a54e2d49fcbd163da110b0ec26 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -798,6 +798,7 @@ svc_start_kthreads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
 static int
 svc_stop_kthreads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
 {
+	struct svc_rqst	*rqstp;
 	struct task_struct *task;
 	unsigned int state = serv->sv_nrthreads-1;
 
@@ -806,7 +807,10 @@ svc_stop_kthreads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
 		task = choose_victim(serv, pool, &state);
 		if (task == NULL)
 			break;
-		kthread_stop(task);
+		rqstp = kthread_data(task);
+		/* Did we lose a race to svo_function threadfn? */
+		if (kthread_stop(task) == -EINTR)
+			svc_exit_thread(rqstp);
 		nrservs++;
 	} while (nrservs < 0);
 	return 0;