diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 88a897a484ec..83066abc66bb 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -471,6 +471,27 @@ test_share(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp, struct nfsd4_open *open) {
 	return true;
 }
 
+/* set share access for a given stateid */
+static inline void
+set_access(u32 access, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+{
+	__set_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+}
+
+/* clear share access for a given stateid */
+static inline void
+clear_access(u32 access, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+{
+	__clear_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+}
+
+/* test whether a given stateid has access */
+static inline bool
+test_access(u32 access, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+{
+	return test_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+}
+
 static int nfs4_access_to_omode(u32 access)
 {
 	switch (access & NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH) {
@@ -484,6 +505,20 @@ static int nfs4_access_to_omode(u32 access)
 	BUG();
 }
 
+/* release all access and file references for a given stateid */
+static void
+release_all_access(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
+		if (test_access(i, stp))
+			nfs4_file_put_access(stp->st_file,
+					     nfs4_access_to_omode(i));
+		clear_access(i, stp);
+	}
+}
+
 static void unhash_generic_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
 	list_del(&stp->st_perfile);
@@ -492,16 +527,7 @@ static void unhash_generic_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 
 static void close_generic_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	if (stp->st_access_bmap) {
-		for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
-			if (test_bit(i, &stp->st_access_bmap))
-				nfs4_file_put_access(stp->st_file,
-						nfs4_access_to_omode(i));
-			__clear_bit(i, &stp->st_access_bmap);
-		}
-	}
+	release_all_access(stp);
 	put_nfs4_file(stp->st_file);
 	stp->st_file = NULL;
 }
@@ -2435,7 +2461,7 @@ static void init_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp, struct nfs4_file *fp,
 	stp->st_file = fp;
 	stp->st_access_bmap = 0;
 	stp->st_deny_bmap = 0;
-	__set_bit(open->op_share_access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+	set_access(open->op_share_access, stp);
 	__set_bit(open->op_share_deny, &stp->st_deny_bmap);
 	stp->st_openstp = NULL;
 }
@@ -2772,7 +2798,7 @@ nfs4_upgrade_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfs4_file *fp, struct svc_fh *c
 	bool new_access;
 	__be32 status;
 
-	new_access = !test_bit(op_share_access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+	new_access = !test_access(op_share_access, stp);
 	if (new_access) {
 		status = nfs4_get_vfs_file(rqstp, fp, cur_fh, open);
 		if (status)
@@ -2787,7 +2813,7 @@ nfs4_upgrade_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfs4_file *fp, struct svc_fh *c
 		return status;
 	}
 	/* remember the open */
-	__set_bit(op_share_access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+	set_access(op_share_access, stp);
 	__set_bit(open->op_share_deny, &stp->st_deny_bmap);
 
 	return nfs_ok;
@@ -3263,18 +3289,18 @@ STALE_STATEID(stateid_t *stateid)
 }
 
 static inline int
-access_permit_read(unsigned long access_bmap)
+access_permit_read(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
-	return test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ, &access_bmap) ||
-		test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH, &access_bmap) ||
-		test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE, &access_bmap);
+	return test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ, stp) ||
+		test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH, stp) ||
+		test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE, stp);
 }
 
 static inline int
-access_permit_write(unsigned long access_bmap)
+access_permit_write(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp)
 {
-	return test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE, &access_bmap) ||
-		test_bit(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH, &access_bmap);
+	return test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_WRITE, stp) ||
+		test_access(NFS4_SHARE_ACCESS_BOTH, stp);
 }
 
 static
@@ -3285,9 +3311,9 @@ __be32 nfs4_check_openmode(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp, int flags)
 	/* For lock stateid's, we test the parent open, not the lock: */
 	if (stp->st_openstp)
 		stp = stp->st_openstp;
-	if ((flags & WR_STATE) && (!access_permit_write(stp->st_access_bmap)))
+	if ((flags & WR_STATE) && !access_permit_write(stp))
                 goto out;
-	if ((flags & RD_STATE) && (!access_permit_read(stp->st_access_bmap)))
+	if ((flags & RD_STATE) && !access_permit_read(stp))
                 goto out;
 	status = nfs_ok;
 out:
@@ -3636,10 +3662,10 @@ out:
 
 static inline void nfs4_stateid_downgrade_bit(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp, u32 access)
 {
-	if (!test_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap))
+	if (!test_access(access, stp))
 		return;
 	nfs4_file_put_access(stp->st_file, nfs4_access_to_omode(access));
-	__clear_bit(access, &stp->st_access_bmap);
+	clear_access(access, stp);
 }
 
 static inline void nfs4_stateid_downgrade(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp, u32 to_access)
@@ -3693,8 +3719,8 @@ nfsd4_open_downgrade(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	if (status)
 		goto out; 
 	status = nfserr_inval;
-	if (!test_bit(od->od_share_access, &stp->st_access_bmap)) {
-		dprintk("NFSD:access not a subset current bitmap: 0x%lx, input access=%08x\n",
+	if (!test_access(od->od_share_access, stp)) {
+		dprintk("NFSD: access not a subset current bitmap: 0x%lx, input access=%08x\n",
 			stp->st_access_bmap, od->od_share_access);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -3995,10 +4021,10 @@ static void get_lock_access(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *lock_stp, u32 access)
 	struct nfs4_file *fp = lock_stp->st_file;
 	int oflag = nfs4_access_to_omode(access);
 
-	if (test_bit(access, &lock_stp->st_access_bmap))
+	if (test_access(access, lock_stp))
 		return;
 	nfs4_file_get_access(fp, oflag);
-	__set_bit(access, &lock_stp->st_access_bmap);
+	set_access(access, lock_stp);
 }
 
 static __be32 lookup_or_create_lock_state(struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, struct nfs4_ol_stateid *ost, struct nfsd4_lock *lock, struct nfs4_ol_stateid **lst, bool *new)