diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index c8aa6ff9925927e00b402c039d4b5df5a0e5a86e..e85b463fac4a94b2ef7e9e9b0b4321e120cabbb3 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -273,13 +273,6 @@ nfsd_lookup(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, const char *name,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int nfsd_break_lease(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		return 0;
-	return break_lease(inode, O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
-}
-
 /*
  * Commit metadata changes to stable storage.
  */
@@ -448,16 +441,10 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 		goto out_put_write_access;
 	}
 
-	host_err = nfsd_break_lease(inode);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_put_write_access_nfserror;
-
 	fh_lock(fhp);
 	host_err = notify_change(dentry, iap, NULL);
 	fh_unlock(fhp);
 
-out_put_write_access_nfserror:
-	err = nfserrno(host_err);
 out_put_write_access:
 	if (size_change)
 		put_write_access(inode);
@@ -1759,11 +1746,6 @@ nfsd_link(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp,
 	err = nfserr_noent;
 	if (!dold->d_inode)
 		goto out_dput;
-	host_err = nfsd_break_lease(dold->d_inode);
-	if (host_err) {
-		err = nfserrno(host_err);
-		goto out_dput;
-	}
 	host_err = vfs_link(dold, dirp, dnew, NULL);
 	if (!host_err) {
 		err = nfserrno(commit_metadata(ffhp));
@@ -1857,14 +1839,6 @@ nfsd_rename(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp, char *fname, int flen,
 	if (ffhp->fh_export->ex_path.dentry != tfhp->fh_export->ex_path.dentry)
 		goto out_dput_new;
 
-	host_err = nfsd_break_lease(odentry->d_inode);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_dput_new;
-	if (ndentry->d_inode) {
-		host_err = nfsd_break_lease(ndentry->d_inode);
-		if (host_err)
-			goto out_dput_new;
-	}
 	host_err = vfs_rename(fdir, odentry, tdir, ndentry, NULL);
 	if (!host_err) {
 		host_err = commit_metadata(tfhp);
@@ -1934,16 +1908,12 @@ nfsd_unlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, int type,
 	if (!type)
 		type = rdentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFMT;
 
-	host_err = nfsd_break_lease(rdentry->d_inode);
-	if (host_err)
-		goto out_put;
 	if (type != S_IFDIR)
 		host_err = vfs_unlink(dirp, rdentry, NULL);
 	else
 		host_err = vfs_rmdir(dirp, rdentry);
 	if (!host_err)
 		host_err = commit_metadata(fhp);
-out_put:
 	dput(rdentry);
 
 out_nfserr: