diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index e5be72518bd7ebe813522b1c24f7fa16b539421e..e1a47217c05e14b7195fae25d5fc725f6983cd03 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1015,8 +1015,11 @@ int nfs4_select_rw_stateid(nfs4_stateid *dst, struct nfs4_state *state,
 	if (ret == -EIO)
 		/* A lost lock - don't even consider delegations */
 		goto out;
-	if (nfs4_copy_delegation_stateid(dst, state->inode, fmode))
+	/* returns true if delegation stateid found and copied */
+	if (nfs4_copy_delegation_stateid(dst, state->inode, fmode)) {
+		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
+	}
 	if (ret != -ENOENT)
 		/* nfs4_copy_delegation_stateid() didn't over-write
 		 * dst, so it still has the lock stateid which we now