diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 980a216a48c8da9c13ed10fe3713f9a6064e8af8..2e6a44e3d2fe21d935dede6d6906392514c97b21 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -430,11 +430,11 @@ static int set_forechannel_maxreqs(struct nfsd4_channel_attrs *fchan)
 	else if (fchan->maxreqs > NFSD_MAX_SLOTS_PER_SESSION)
 		fchan->maxreqs = NFSD_MAX_SLOTS_PER_SESSION;
 
-	spin_lock(&nfsd_serv->sv_lock);
-	if (np + nfsd_serv->sv_drc_pages_used > nfsd_serv->sv_drc_max_pages)
-		np = nfsd_serv->sv_drc_max_pages - nfsd_serv->sv_drc_pages_used;
-	nfsd_serv->sv_drc_pages_used += np;
-	spin_unlock(&nfsd_serv->sv_lock);
+	spin_lock(&nfsd_drc_lock);
+	if (np + nfsd_drc_pages_used > nfsd_drc_max_pages)
+		np = nfsd_drc_max_pages - nfsd_drc_pages_used;
+	nfsd_drc_pages_used += np;
+	spin_unlock(&nfsd_drc_lock);
 
 	if (np <= 0) {
 		status = nfserr_resource;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index d4c9884cd54b2bf680cc2360eaa1a9f20dec8b55..78d8fcd883fb0cf11ea3631c939ce9761ecdb268 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -67,6 +67,16 @@ struct timeval			nfssvc_boot;
 DEFINE_MUTEX(nfsd_mutex);
 struct svc_serv 		*nfsd_serv;
 
+/*
+ * nfsd_drc_lock protects nfsd_drc_max_pages and nfsd_drc_pages_used.
+ * nfsd_drc_max_pages limits the total amount of memory available for
+ * version 4.1 DRC caches.
+ * nfsd_drc_pages_used tracks the current version 4.1 DRC memory usage.
+ */
+spinlock_t	nfsd_drc_lock;
+unsigned int	nfsd_drc_max_pages;
+unsigned int	nfsd_drc_pages_used;
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V2_ACL) || defined(CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL)
 static struct svc_stat	nfsd_acl_svcstats;
 static struct svc_version *	nfsd_acl_version[] = {
@@ -238,11 +248,12 @@ static void set_max_drc(void)
 {
 	/* The percent of nr_free_buffer_pages used by the V4.1 server DRC */
 	#define NFSD_DRC_SIZE_SHIFT	7
-	nfsd_serv->sv_drc_max_pages = nr_free_buffer_pages()
+	nfsd_drc_max_pages = nr_free_buffer_pages()
 						>> NFSD_DRC_SIZE_SHIFT;
-	nfsd_serv->sv_drc_pages_used = 0;
-	dprintk("%s svc_drc_max_pages %u\n", __func__,
-		nfsd_serv->sv_drc_max_pages);
+	nfsd_drc_pages_used = 0;
+	spin_lock_init(&nfsd_drc_lock);
+	dprintk("%s nfsd_drc_max_pages %u\n", __func__,
+		nfsd_drc_max_pages);
 }
 
 int nfsd_create_serv(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
index 2b49d676d0c9a9e7ef39fd4de53cfbb4d5f32bb2..2571f856908f385d6ed61ca7f32673a1d729acec 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/nfsd.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ extern struct svc_version	nfsd_version2, nfsd_version3,
 extern u32			nfsd_supported_minorversion;
 extern struct mutex		nfsd_mutex;
 extern struct svc_serv		*nfsd_serv;
+extern spinlock_t		nfsd_drc_lock;
+extern unsigned int		nfsd_drc_max_pages;
+extern unsigned int		nfsd_drc_pages_used;
 
 extern struct seq_operations nfs_exports_op;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index ea8009695c69b1ea437b255fd0a141ebf21feaa7..52e8cb0a756993e0f095372b9e200d663d9da1ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ struct svc_serv {
 	struct module *		sv_module;	/* optional module to count when
 						 * adding threads */
 	svc_thread_fn		sv_function;	/* main function for threads */
-	unsigned int		sv_drc_max_pages; /* Total pages for DRC */
-	unsigned int		sv_drc_pages_used;/* DRC pages used */
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1)
 	struct list_head	sv_cb_list;	/* queue for callback requests
 						 * that arrive over the same