diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index ef2d9d62ce2bfd6766d760ac8722fe2b59498541..72ffd7cce3c39e743092b068d160a11d8f59f874 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static int e_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	cache_get(&exp->h);
+	exp_get(exp);
 	if (cache_check(cd, &exp->h, NULL))
 		return 0;
 	exp_put(exp);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.h b/fs/nfsd/export.h
index cfeea85c5bed1f20bdc56e261423c6d95d6a8c7b..04dc8c167b0c198d41f18fb104daea752f4332b0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.h
@@ -101,9 +101,10 @@ static inline void exp_put(struct svc_export *exp)
 	cache_put(&exp->h, exp->cd);
 }
 
-static inline void exp_get(struct svc_export *exp)
+static inline struct svc_export *exp_get(struct svc_export *exp)
 {
 	cache_get(&exp->h);
+	return exp;
 }
 struct svc_export * rqst_exp_find(struct svc_rqst *, int, u32 *);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index be6734060d2aec103ff551714493c2b4f639113f..f3f048724ac7151d4d89d76a2b44b940b2e0f1d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ fh_dup2(struct svc_fh *dst, struct svc_fh *src)
 	fh_put(dst);
 	dget(src->fh_dentry);
 	if (src->fh_export)
-		cache_get(&src->fh_export->h);
+		exp_get(src->fh_export);
 	*dst = *src;
 }
 
@@ -918,8 +918,8 @@ nfsd4_secinfo_no_name(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstat
 	default:
 		return nfserr_inval;
 	}
-	exp_get(cstate->current_fh.fh_export);
-	sin->sin_exp = cstate->current_fh.fh_export;
+
+	sin->sin_exp = exp_get(cstate->current_fh.fh_export);
 	fh_put(&cstate->current_fh);
 	return nfs_ok;
 }
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
index ec839341815477097f38ac6a5e81fb5738236697..6f5cc76a6c6e898e52fdd11db02327e8f0b0b4d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsfh.c
@@ -539,8 +539,7 @@ fh_compose(struct svc_fh *fhp, struct svc_export *exp, struct dentry *dentry,
 		       dentry);
 
 	fhp->fh_dentry = dget(dentry); /* our internal copy */
-	fhp->fh_export = exp;
-	cache_get(&exp->h);
+	fhp->fh_export = exp_get(exp);
 
 	if (fhp->fh_handle.fh_version == 0xca) {
 		/* old style filehandle please */
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 7498099b382f2caa9c5a7296313a5ecd3f11df29..df7cf61f2cd3c2cfad29bef2dcd13780242400d6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ nfsd_lookup_dentry(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 	dprintk("nfsd: nfsd_lookup(fh %s, %.*s)\n", SVCFH_fmt(fhp), len,name);
 
 	dparent = fhp->fh_dentry;
-	exp  = fhp->fh_export;
-	exp_get(exp);
+	exp = exp_get(fhp->fh_export);
 
 	/* Lookup the name, but don't follow links */
 	if (isdotent(name, len)) {