diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 83ff8a05485a..4e853157fecc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -361,6 +361,23 @@ pnfs_put_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_put_lseg);
 
+static void pnfs_put_lseg_async_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg;
+
+	lseg = container_of(work, struct pnfs_layout_segment, pls_work);
+
+	pnfs_put_lseg(lseg);
+}
+
+void
+pnfs_put_lseg_async(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+{
+	INIT_WORK(&lseg->pls_work, pnfs_put_lseg_async_work);
+	schedule_work(&lseg->pls_work);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_put_lseg_async);
+
 static u64
 end_offset(u64 start, u64 len)
 {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 203b6c9498b0..aca3dff5dae6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/nfs_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nfs_page.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 enum {
 	NFS_LSEG_VALID = 0,	/* cleared when lseg is recalled/returned */
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ struct pnfs_layout_segment {
 	atomic_t pls_refcount;
 	unsigned long pls_flags;
 	struct pnfs_layout_hdr *pls_layout;
+	struct work_struct pls_work;
 };
 
 enum pnfs_try_status {
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ extern int nfs4_proc_layoutreturn(struct nfs4_layoutreturn *lrp);
 /* pnfs.c */
 void pnfs_get_layout_hdr(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo);
 void pnfs_put_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
+void pnfs_put_lseg_async(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
 
 void set_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *, const struct nfs_fh *, u32);
 void unset_pnfs_layoutdriver(struct nfs_server *);
@@ -419,6 +422,10 @@ static inline void pnfs_put_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void pnfs_put_lseg_async(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+{
+}
+
 static inline int pnfs_return_layout(struct inode *ino)
 {
 	return 0;