diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index 74baf87..aa55d0a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/sunrpc/clnt.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 #ifdef RPC_DEBUG
 # define RPCDBG_FACILITY	RPCDBG_AUTH
@@ -475,13 +476,17 @@
 		__be32 *data, void *obj)
 {
 	struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_msg.rpc_cred;
+	int ret;
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u using %s cred %p to wrap rpc data\n",
 			task->tk_pid, cred->cr_ops->cr_name, cred);
 	if (cred->cr_ops->crwrap_req)
 		return cred->cr_ops->crwrap_req(task, encode, rqstp, data, obj);
 	/* By default, we encode the arguments normally. */
-	return encode(rqstp, data, obj);
+	lock_kernel();
+	ret = encode(rqstp, data, obj);
+	unlock_kernel();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int
@@ -489,6 +494,7 @@
 		__be32 *data, void *obj)
 {
 	struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_msg.rpc_cred;
+	int ret;
 
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u using %s cred %p to unwrap rpc data\n",
 			task->tk_pid, cred->cr_ops->cr_name, cred);
@@ -496,7 +502,10 @@
 		return cred->cr_ops->crunwrap_resp(task, decode, rqstp,
 						   data, obj);
 	/* By default, we decode the arguments normally. */
-	return decode(rqstp, data, obj);
+	lock_kernel();
+	ret = decode(rqstp, data, obj);
+	unlock_kernel();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int