diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index e8df52dc2bc569752483d2048ba00f95e7f21ab0..49eebe25bbadbf16242781cf0b7d235aa14a9dfa 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1104,8 +1104,9 @@ static inline int nfs4_do_open_expired(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct nfs4
 
 	do {
 		err = _nfs4_open_expired(ctx, state);
-		if (err == -NFS4ERR_DELAY)
-			nfs4_handle_exception(server, err, &exception);
+		if (err != -NFS4ERR_DELAY)
+			break;
+		nfs4_handle_exception(server, err, &exception);
 	} while (exception.retry);
 	return err;
 }