static void rpc_set_active(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
+       struct rpc_clnt *clnt;
        if (test_and_set_bit(RPC_TASK_ACTIVE, &task->tk_runstate) != 0)
                return;
-       spin_lock(&rpc_sched_lock);
 #ifdef RPC_DEBUG
        task->tk_magic = RPC_TASK_MAGIC_ID;
+       spin_lock(&rpc_sched_lock);
        task->tk_pid = rpc_task_id++;
+       spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);
 #endif
        /* Add to global list of all tasks */
-       if (task->tk_client)
-               list_add_tail(&task->tk_task, &task->tk_client->cl_tasks);
-       spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);
+       clnt = task->tk_client;
+       if (clnt != NULL) {
+               spin_lock(&clnt->cl_lock);
+               list_add_tail(&task->tk_task, &clnt->cl_tasks);
+               spin_unlock(&clnt->cl_lock);
+       }
 }
 
 /*
        dprintk("RPC: %5u release task\n", task->tk_pid);
 
        if (!list_empty(&task->tk_task)) {
+               struct rpc_clnt *clnt = task->tk_client;
                /* Remove from client task list */
-               spin_lock(&rpc_sched_lock);
+               spin_lock(&clnt->cl_lock);
                list_del(&task->tk_task);
-               spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);
+               spin_unlock(&clnt->cl_lock);
        }
        BUG_ON (RPC_IS_QUEUED(task));
 
  * Kill all tasks for the given client.
  * XXX: kill their descendants as well?
  */
-static void rpc_killall_tasks_locked(struct list_head *head)
+void rpc_killall_tasks(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
 {
        struct rpc_task *rovr;
 
 
-       list_for_each_entry(rovr, head, tk_task) {
+       if (list_empty(&clnt->cl_tasks))
+               return;
+       dprintk("RPC:       killing all tasks for client %p\n", clnt);
+       /*
+        * Spin lock all_tasks to prevent changes...
+        */
+       spin_lock(&clnt->cl_lock);
+       list_for_each_entry(rovr, &clnt->cl_tasks, tk_task) {
                if (! RPC_IS_ACTIVATED(rovr))
                        continue;
                if (!(rovr->tk_flags & RPC_TASK_KILLED)) {
                        rpc_wake_up_task(rovr);
                }
        }
-}
-
-void rpc_killall_tasks(struct rpc_clnt *clnt)
-{
-       dprintk("RPC:       killing all tasks for client %p\n", clnt);
-       /*
-        * Spin lock all_tasks to prevent changes...
-        */
-       spin_lock(&rpc_sched_lock);
-       rpc_killall_tasks_locked(&clnt->cl_tasks);
-       spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);
+       spin_unlock(&clnt->cl_lock);
 }
 
 static void rpciod_killall(void)
 
                spin_lock(&rpc_sched_lock);
                list_for_each_entry(clnt, &all_clients, cl_clients)
-                       rpc_killall_tasks_locked(&clnt->cl_tasks);
+                       rpc_killall_tasks(clnt);
                spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);
                flush_workqueue(rpciod_workqueue);
                if (!list_empty(&all_clients))
        printk("-pid- proc flgs status -client- -prog- --rqstp- -timeout "
                "-rpcwait -action- ---ops--\n");
        list_for_each_entry(clnt, &all_clients, cl_clients) {
+               if (list_empty(&clnt->cl_tasks))
+                       continue;
+               spin_lock(&clnt->cl_lock);
                list_for_each_entry(t, &clnt->cl_tasks, tk_task) {
                        const char *rpc_waitq = "none";
 
                                rpc_waitq,
                                t->tk_action, t->tk_ops);
                }
+               spin_unlock(&clnt->cl_lock);
        }
 out:
        spin_unlock(&rpc_sched_lock);