diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 070e9e5c0452..8c70f12159b6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -382,6 +382,24 @@ static void release_openowner(struct nfs4_stateowner *sop)
 	nfs4_put_stateowner(sop);
 }
 
+static void
+release_session(struct nfsd4_session *ses)
+{
+	list_del(&ses->se_hash);
+	list_del(&ses->se_perclnt);
+	nfsd4_put_session(ses);
+}
+
+void
+free_session(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct nfsd4_session *ses;
+
+	ses = container_of(kref, struct nfsd4_session, se_ref);
+	kfree(ses->se_slots);
+	kfree(ses);
+}
+
 static inline void
 renew_client(struct nfs4_client *clp)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/state.h b/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
index a6e4a00fa392..baea7f1fdb4a 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
@@ -99,6 +99,39 @@ struct nfs4_callback {
 	struct rpc_clnt *       cb_client;
 };
 
+struct nfsd4_slot {
+	bool				sl_inuse;
+	u32				sl_seqid;
+};
+
+struct nfsd4_session {
+	struct kref		se_ref;
+	struct list_head	se_hash;	/* hash by sessionid */
+	struct list_head	se_perclnt;
+	u32			se_flags;
+	struct nfs4_client	*se_client;	/* for expire_client */
+	struct nfs4_sessionid	se_sessionid;
+	u32			se_fmaxreq_sz;
+	u32			se_fmaxresp_sz;
+	u32			se_fmaxresp_cached;
+	u32			se_fmaxops;
+	u32			se_fnumslots;
+	struct nfsd4_slot	*se_slots;	/* forward channel slots */
+};
+
+static inline void
+nfsd4_put_session(struct nfsd4_session *ses)
+{
+	extern void free_session(struct kref *kref);
+	kref_put(&ses->se_ref, free_session);
+}
+
+static inline void
+nfsd4_get_session(struct nfsd4_session *ses)
+{
+	kref_get(&ses->se_ref);
+}
+
 #define HEXDIR_LEN     33 /* hex version of 16 byte md5 of cl_name plus '\0' */
 
 /*