diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 3e7d42fb775cbbc5597d2f499d2af80cd4c7cff0..81343944e09671897d32f3c244782cc9551371c4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ static int nfs4_open_reclaim(struct nfs4_state_owner *sp, struct nfs4_state *sta
 
 	ctx = nfs4_state_find_open_context(state);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
-		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	ret = nfs4_do_open_reclaim(ctx, state);
 	put_nfs_open_context(ctx);
 	return ret;
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ static int nfs4_open_expired(struct nfs4_state_owner *sp, struct nfs4_state *sta
 
 	ctx = nfs4_state_find_open_context(state);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx))
-		return PTR_ERR(ctx);
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	ret = nfs4_do_open_expired(ctx, state);
 	put_nfs_open_context(ctx);
 	return ret;
@@ -1936,10 +1936,8 @@ static int _nfs4_open_and_get_state(struct nfs4_opendata *opendata,
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (read_seqcount_retry(&sp->so_reclaim_seqcount, seq)) {
+	if (read_seqcount_retry(&sp->so_reclaim_seqcount, seq))
 		nfs4_schedule_stateid_recovery(server, state);
-		nfs4_wait_clnt_recover(server->nfs_client);
-	}
 	*res = state;
 out:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 685b1e953ed8c3178700ee81c544066062676b63..b924bdd6949483dd510cc38cf3675259962937b2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1476,6 +1476,8 @@ static int nfs4_reclaim_open_state(struct nfs4_state_owner *sp, const struct nfs
 				 */
 				nfs4_state_mark_recovery_failed(state, status);
 				break;
+			case -EAGAIN:
+				ssleep(1);
 			case -NFS4ERR_ADMIN_REVOKED:
 			case -NFS4ERR_STALE_STATEID:
 			case -NFS4ERR_BAD_STATEID: