diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index 2880d6ca19e1..697f95047033 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1868,14 +1868,21 @@ int gfs2_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *inode,
 {
 	struct gfs2_inode *ip;
 	struct gfs2_holder i_gh;
+	struct gfs2_glock *gl;
 	int error;
 
 	gfs2_holder_mark_uninitialized(&i_gh);
 	ip = GFS2_I(inode);
-	if (gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(ip->i_gl) == NULL) {
+	gl = rcu_dereference(ip->i_gl);
+	if (unlikely(!gl)) {
+		/* inode is getting torn down, must be RCU mode */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK));
+		return -ECHILD;
+        }
+	if (gfs2_glock_is_locked_by_me(gl) == NULL) {
 		if (mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK)
 			return -ECHILD;
-		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(ip->i_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &i_gh);
+		error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(gl, LM_ST_SHARED, LM_FLAG_ANY, &i_gh);
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index 3141db77189e..dd2720a5ca62 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ out:
 		wait_on_bit_io(&ip->i_flags, GIF_GLOP_PENDING, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 		gfs2_glock_add_to_lru(ip->i_gl);
 		gfs2_glock_put_eventually(ip->i_gl);
-		ip->i_gl = NULL;
+		rcu_assign_pointer(ip->i_gl, NULL);
 	}
 }