diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clnode.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clnode.c
index 14dcf81126f3..6b2aa7a5f2a8 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clnode.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clnode.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ ncl_nget(struct mount *mntp, u_int8_t *fhp, int fhsize, struct nfsnode **npp)
 	    M_NFSFH, M_WAITOK);
 	bcopy(fhp, np->n_fhp->nfh_fh, fhsize);
 	np->n_fhp->nfh_len = fhsize;
-	lockmgr(vp->v_vnlock, LK_EXCLUSIVE, NULL);
+	lockmgr(vp->v_vnlock, LK_EXCLUSIVE | LK_NOWITNESS, NULL);
 	error = insmntque(vp, mntp);
 	if (error != 0) {
 		*npp = NULL;
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clport.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clport.c
index bed607090ef2..548ae410055a 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clport.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clport.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ nfscl_nget(struct mount *mntp, struct vnode *dvp, struct nfsfh *nfhp,
 	 */
 	VN_LOCK_AREC(vp);
 	VN_LOCK_ASHARE(vp);
-	lockmgr(vp->v_vnlock, LK_EXCLUSIVE, NULL);
+	lockmgr(vp->v_vnlock, LK_EXCLUSIVE | LK_NOWITNESS, NULL);
 	error = insmntque(vp, mntp);
 	if (error != 0) {
 		*npp = NULL;
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_node.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_node.c
index f5361277f552..522bc445c19c 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_node.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_node.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ nfs_nget(struct mount *mntp, nfsfh_t *fhp, int fhsize, struct nfsnode **npp, int
 		np->n_fhp = &np->n_fh;
 	bcopy((caddr_t)fhp, (caddr_t)np->n_fhp, fhsize);
 	np->n_fhsize = fhsize;
-	lockmgr(vp->v_vnlock, LK_EXCLUSIVE, NULL);
+	lockmgr(vp->v_vnlock, LK_EXCLUSIVE | LK_NOWITNESS, NULL);
 	error = insmntque(vp, mntp);
 	if (error != 0) {
 		*npp = NULL;