diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 817a1e523969..0addefca8e77 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ static int xs_nospace(struct rpc_task *task)
 	struct rpc_rqst *req = task->tk_rqstp;
 	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = req->rq_xprt;
 	struct sock_xprt *transport = container_of(xprt, struct sock_xprt, xprt);
+	struct sock *sk = transport->inet;
 	int ret = -EAGAIN;
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u xmit incomplete (%u left of %u)\n",
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ static int xs_nospace(struct rpc_task *task)
 			 * window size
 			 */
 			set_bit(SOCK_NOSPACE, &transport->sock->flags);
-			transport->inet->sk_write_pending++;
+			sk->sk_write_pending++;
 			/* ...and wait for more buffer space */
 			xprt_wait_for_buffer_space(task, xs_nospace_callback);
 		}
@@ -537,6 +538,9 @@ static int xs_nospace(struct rpc_task *task)
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xprt->transport_lock);
+
+	/* Race breaker in case memory is freed before above code is called */
+	sk->sk_write_space(sk);
 	return ret;
 }