diff --git a/fs/ceph/locks.c b/fs/ceph/locks.c
index a80ed18d64ff..ebbf680378e2 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/locks.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/locks.c
@@ -191,29 +191,23 @@ void ceph_count_locks(struct inode *inode, int *fcntl_count, int *flock_count)
 }
 
 /**
- * Encode the flock and fcntl locks for the given inode into the pagelist.
- * Format is: #fcntl locks, sequential fcntl locks, #flock locks,
- * sequential flock locks.
- * Must be called with lock_flocks() already held.
- * If we encounter more of a specific lock type than expected,
- * we return the value 1.
+ * Encode the flock and fcntl locks for the given inode into the ceph_filelock
+ * array. Must be called with lock_flocks() already held.
+ * If we encounter more of a specific lock type than expected, return -ENOSPC.
  */
-int ceph_encode_locks(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist,
-		      int num_fcntl_locks, int num_flock_locks)
+int ceph_encode_locks_to_buffer(struct inode *inode,
+				struct ceph_filelock *flocks,
+				int num_fcntl_locks, int num_flock_locks)
 {
 	struct file_lock *lock;
-	struct ceph_filelock cephlock;
 	int err = 0;
 	int seen_fcntl = 0;
 	int seen_flock = 0;
-	__le32 nlocks;
+	int l = 0;
 
 	dout("encoding %d flock and %d fcntl locks", num_flock_locks,
 	     num_fcntl_locks);
-	nlocks = cpu_to_le32(num_fcntl_locks);
-	err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &nlocks, sizeof(nlocks));
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
+
 	for (lock = inode->i_flock; lock != NULL; lock = lock->fl_next) {
 		if (lock->fl_flags & FL_POSIX) {
 			++seen_fcntl;
@@ -221,20 +215,12 @@ int ceph_encode_locks(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist,
 				err = -ENOSPC;
 				goto fail;
 			}
-			err = lock_to_ceph_filelock(lock, &cephlock);
+			err = lock_to_ceph_filelock(lock, &flocks[l]);
 			if (err)
 				goto fail;
-			err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &cephlock,
-					   sizeof(struct ceph_filelock));
+			++l;
 		}
-		if (err)
-			goto fail;
 	}
-
-	nlocks = cpu_to_le32(num_flock_locks);
-	err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &nlocks, sizeof(nlocks));
-	if (err)
-		goto fail;
 	for (lock = inode->i_flock; lock != NULL; lock = lock->fl_next) {
 		if (lock->fl_flags & FL_FLOCK) {
 			++seen_flock;
@@ -242,19 +228,51 @@ int ceph_encode_locks(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist,
 				err = -ENOSPC;
 				goto fail;
 			}
-			err = lock_to_ceph_filelock(lock, &cephlock);
+			err = lock_to_ceph_filelock(lock, &flocks[l]);
 			if (err)
 				goto fail;
-			err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &cephlock,
-					   sizeof(struct ceph_filelock));
+			++l;
 		}
-		if (err)
-			goto fail;
 	}
 fail:
 	return err;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Copy the encoded flock and fcntl locks into the pagelist.
+ * Format is: #fcntl locks, sequential fcntl locks, #flock locks,
+ * sequential flock locks.
+ * Returns zero on success.
+ */
+int ceph_locks_to_pagelist(struct ceph_filelock *flocks,
+			   struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist,
+			   int num_fcntl_locks, int num_flock_locks)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	__le32 nlocks;
+
+	nlocks = cpu_to_le32(num_fcntl_locks);
+	err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &nlocks, sizeof(nlocks));
+	if (err)
+		goto out_fail;
+
+	err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, flocks,
+				   num_fcntl_locks * sizeof(*flocks));
+	if (err)
+		goto out_fail;
+
+	nlocks = cpu_to_le32(num_flock_locks);
+	err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &nlocks, sizeof(nlocks));
+	if (err)
+		goto out_fail;
+
+	err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist,
+				   &flocks[num_fcntl_locks],
+				   num_flock_locks * sizeof(*flocks));
+out_fail:
+	return err;
+}
+
 /*
  * Given a pointer to a lock, convert it to a ceph filelock
  */
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index d9ca15255477..4d2920304be8 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2478,39 +2478,44 @@ static int encode_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 
 	if (recon_state->flock) {
 		int num_fcntl_locks, num_flock_locks;
-		struct ceph_pagelist_cursor trunc_point;
+		struct ceph_filelock *flocks;
 
-		ceph_pagelist_set_cursor(pagelist, &trunc_point);
-		do {
-			lock_flocks();
-			ceph_count_locks(inode, &num_fcntl_locks,
-					 &num_flock_locks);
-			rec.v2.flock_len = cpu_to_le32(2*sizeof(u32) +
-					    (num_fcntl_locks+num_flock_locks) *
-					    sizeof(struct ceph_filelock));
-			unlock_flocks();
-
-			/* pre-alloc pagelist */
-			ceph_pagelist_truncate(pagelist, &trunc_point);
-			err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &rec, reclen);
-			if (!err)
-				err = ceph_pagelist_reserve(pagelist,
-							    rec.v2.flock_len);
-
-			/* encode locks */
-			if (!err) {
-				lock_flocks();
-				err = ceph_encode_locks(inode,
-							pagelist,
-							num_fcntl_locks,
-							num_flock_locks);
-				unlock_flocks();
-			}
-		} while (err == -ENOSPC);
+encode_again:
+		lock_flocks();
+		ceph_count_locks(inode, &num_fcntl_locks, &num_flock_locks);
+		unlock_flocks();
+		flocks = kmalloc((num_fcntl_locks+num_flock_locks) *
+				 sizeof(struct ceph_filelock), GFP_NOFS);
+		if (!flocks) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+		lock_flocks();
+		err = ceph_encode_locks_to_buffer(inode, flocks,
+						  num_fcntl_locks,
+						  num_flock_locks);
+		unlock_flocks();
+		if (err) {
+			kfree(flocks);
+			if (err == -ENOSPC)
+				goto encode_again;
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * number of encoded locks is stable, so copy to pagelist
+		 */
+		rec.v2.flock_len = cpu_to_le32(2*sizeof(u32) +
+				    (num_fcntl_locks+num_flock_locks) *
+				    sizeof(struct ceph_filelock));
+		err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &rec, reclen);
+		if (!err)
+			err = ceph_locks_to_pagelist(flocks, pagelist,
+						     num_fcntl_locks,
+						     num_flock_locks);
+		kfree(flocks);
 	} else {
 		err = ceph_pagelist_append(pagelist, &rec, reclen);
 	}
-
 out_free:
 	kfree(path);
 out_dput:
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 8696be2ff679..7ccfdb4aea2e 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -822,8 +822,13 @@ extern const struct export_operations ceph_export_ops;
 extern int ceph_lock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
 extern int ceph_flock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *fl);
 extern void ceph_count_locks(struct inode *inode, int *p_num, int *f_num);
-extern int ceph_encode_locks(struct inode *i, struct ceph_pagelist *p,
-			     int p_locks, int f_locks);
+extern int ceph_encode_locks_to_buffer(struct inode *inode,
+				       struct ceph_filelock *flocks,
+				       int num_fcntl_locks,
+				       int num_flock_locks);
+extern int ceph_locks_to_pagelist(struct ceph_filelock *flocks,
+				  struct ceph_pagelist *pagelist,
+				  int num_fcntl_locks, int num_flock_locks);
 extern int lock_to_ceph_filelock(struct file_lock *fl, struct ceph_filelock *c);
 
 /* debugfs.c */