diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
index f16f73581634..01338d4c2d9e 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c
@@ -48,12 +48,17 @@ static int v9fs_cached_dentry_delete(const struct dentry *dentry)
 static void v9fs_dentry_release(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct hlist_node *p, *n;
+	struct hlist_head head;
 
 	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, " dentry: %pd (%p)\n",
 		 dentry, dentry);
-	hlist_for_each_safe(p, n, (struct hlist_head *)&dentry->d_fsdata)
+
+	spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
+	hlist_move_list((struct hlist_head *)&dentry->d_fsdata, &head);
+	spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
+
+	hlist_for_each_safe(p, n, &head)
 		p9_fid_put(hlist_entry(p, struct p9_fid, dlist));
-	dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
 }
 
 static int v9fs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags)
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 00774656eeac..5cd94721d974 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ static int p9_fcall_init(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_fcall *fc,
 	if (!fc->sdata)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	fc->capacity = alloc_msize;
+	fc->id = 0;
+	fc->tag = P9_NOTAG;
 	return 0;
 }