diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 26431cf62ddbc393fd5fe1e432742be37d06e12e..0ad025eb523bc6b651d82497c29a0d27ebdf3dac 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ static struct nfs4_state *nfs4_try_open_cached(struct nfs4_opendata *opendata)
 		/* Save the delegation */
 		nfs4_stateid_copy(&stateid, &delegation->stateid);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
+		nfs_release_seqid(opendata->o_arg.seqid);
 		ret = nfs_may_open(state->inode, state->owner->so_cred, open_mode);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			goto out;