diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 16a2458..24cc23a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@
 	struct inode *inode = &rpci->vfs_inode;
 
 	down(&inode->i_sem);
+	if (rpci->ops == NULL)
+		goto out;
 	if (rpci->nreaders == 0 && !list_empty(&rpci->pipe))
 		__rpc_purge_upcall(inode, -ETIMEDOUT);
+out:
 	up(&inode->i_sem);
 }
 
@@ -113,8 +116,6 @@
 {
 	struct rpc_inode *rpci = RPC_I(inode);
 
-	cancel_delayed_work(&rpci->queue_timeout);
-	flush_scheduled_work();
 	down(&inode->i_sem);
 	if (rpci->ops != NULL) {
 		rpci->nreaders = 0;
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@
 	}
 	rpc_inode_setowner(inode, NULL);
 	up(&inode->i_sem);
+	cancel_delayed_work(&rpci->queue_timeout);
+	flush_scheduled_work();
 }
 
 static struct inode *
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@
 static int
 rpc_pipe_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct rpc_inode *rpci = RPC_I(filp->f_dentry->d_inode);
+	struct rpc_inode *rpci = RPC_I(inode);
 	struct rpc_pipe_msg *msg;
 
 	down(&inode->i_sem);