--- 3fbd6ba788e5c6b3e3ebc8252e059cb9972e87ac
+++ df760adaa2c9f99c375077959e0505bd9ae89983
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ int svc_create_xprt(struct svc_serv *ser
 	spin_lock(&svc_xprt_class_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(xcl, &svc_xprt_class_list, xcl_list) {
 		struct svc_xprt *newxprt;
+		unsigned short newport;
 
 		if (strcmp(xprt_name, xcl->xcl_name))
 			continue;
@@ -227,8 +228,9 @@ int svc_create_xprt(struct svc_serv *ser
 		spin_lock_bh(&serv->sv_lock);
 		list_add(&newxprt->xpt_list, &serv->sv_permsocks);
 		spin_unlock_bh(&serv->sv_lock);
+		newport = svc_xprt_local_port(newxprt);
 		clear_bit(XPT_BUSY, &newxprt->xpt_flags);
-		return svc_xprt_local_port(newxprt);
+		return newport;
 	}
  err:
 	spin_unlock(&svc_xprt_class_lock);
@@ -430,8 +432,13 @@ void svc_xprt_received(struct svc_xprt *
 {
 	BUG_ON(!test_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags));
 	xprt->xpt_pool = NULL;
+	/* As soon as we clear busy, the xprt could be closed and
+	 * 'put', so we need a reference to call svc_xprt_enqueue with:
+	 */
+	svc_xprt_get(xprt);
 	clear_bit(XPT_BUSY, &xprt->xpt_flags);
 	svc_xprt_enqueue(xprt);
+	svc_xprt_put(xprt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_xprt_received);