diff --git a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
index eafd99507afe..b5768f94fbb5 100644
--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -336,7 +336,11 @@ static int get_name(const struct path *path, char *name, struct dentry *child)
 	}
 
 out_close:
-	fput(file);
+	/*
+	 * @file is the read-only directory opened above, so __fput()
+	 * cannot block on anything the caller holds.
+	 */
+	__fput_sync(file);
 out:
 	return error;
 }