--- /dev/null
+From f11d60053191d3917c11757666bc31023711b5d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:29:27 -0800
+Subject: Revert "NFSD: Fix possible sleep during nfsd4_release_lockowner()"
+
+From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+This reverts commit ef481b262bba4f454351eec43f024fec942c2d4c which is
+commit ce3c4ad7f4ce5db7b4f08a1e237d8dd94b39180b upstream.
+
+The maintainers ask it to be removed in this branch.
+
+Cc: Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@oracle.com>
+Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
+Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
+Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
+Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/3162C5BC-8E7C-4A9A-815C-09297B56FA17@oracle.com/T/#t
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+---
+ fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 12 ++++++++----
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
++++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+@@ -6392,12 +6392,16 @@ nfsd4_release_lockowner(struct svc_rqst
+ if (sop->so_is_open_owner || !same_owner_str(sop, owner))
+ continue;
+
+- if (atomic_read(&sop->so_count) != 1) {
+- spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
+- return nfserr_locks_held;
++ /* see if there are still any locks associated with it */
++ lo = lockowner(sop);
++ list_for_each_entry(stp, &sop->so_stateids, st_perstateowner) {
++ if (check_for_locks(stp->st_stid.sc_file, lo)) {
++ status = nfserr_locks_held;
++ spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
++ return status;
++ }
+ }
+
+- lo = lockowner(sop);
+ nfs4_get_stateowner(sop);
+ break;
+ }