diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 1526fdf47c4c2de72578c00c4b76ed9c4274d055..e6da02124c4e726b822b6fa600d3ab57162b3673 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ enum nfs4_client_state {
 	NFS4CLNT_RECALL_SLOT,
 	NFS4CLNT_LEASE_CONFIRM,
 	NFS4CLNT_SERVER_SCOPE_MISMATCH,
+	NFS4CLNT_PURGE_STATE,
 };
 
 enum nfs4_session_state {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index ab6b2e5c923e40b4a004f42184f0e0a93b422872..81ccdbbb43e8d5b2134b7488cd4d7dfe5bd87a73 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3908,8 +3908,15 @@ static void nfs4_construct_boot_verifier(struct nfs_client *clp,
 {
 	__be32 verf[2];
 
-	verf[0] = (__be32)clp->cl_boot_time.tv_sec;
-	verf[1] = (__be32)clp->cl_boot_time.tv_nsec;
+	if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_PURGE_STATE, &clp->cl_state)) {
+		/* An impossible timestamp guarantees this value
+		 * will never match a generated boot time. */
+		verf[0] = 0;
+		verf[1] = (__be32)(NSEC_PER_SEC + 1);
+	} else {
+		verf[0] = (__be32)clp->cl_boot_time.tv_sec;
+		verf[1] = (__be32)clp->cl_boot_time.tv_nsec;
+	}
 	memcpy(bootverf->data, verf, sizeof(bootverf->data));
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index f8c06dec65639c97fc2dad9d04dadb398426d713..32cce4a276e8f9803870af7b23fce0c62ec96097 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ void nfs41_handle_recall_slot(struct nfs_client *clp)
 static void nfs4_reset_all_state(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
 	if (test_and_set_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_EXPIRED, &clp->cl_state) == 0) {
-		clp->cl_boot_time = CURRENT_TIME;
+		set_bit(NFS4CLNT_PURGE_STATE, &clp->cl_state);
 		nfs4_state_start_reclaim_nograce(clp);
 		nfs4_schedule_state_manager(clp);
 	}
@@ -1631,7 +1631,6 @@ static void nfs41_handle_server_reboot(struct nfs_client *clp)
 
 static void nfs41_handle_state_revoked(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
-	/* Temporary */
 	nfs4_reset_all_state(clp);
 }
 
@@ -1652,6 +1651,10 @@ void nfs41_handle_sequence_flag_errors(struct nfs_client *clp, u32 flags)
 {
 	if (!flags)
 		return;
+
+	dprintk("%s: \"%s\" (client ID %llx) flags=0x%08x\n",
+		__func__, clp->cl_hostname, clp->cl_clientid, flags);
+
 	if (flags & SEQ4_STATUS_RESTART_RECLAIM_NEEDED)
 		nfs41_handle_server_reboot(clp);
 	if (flags & (SEQ4_STATUS_EXPIRED_ALL_STATE_REVOKED |
@@ -1762,6 +1765,12 @@ static void nfs4_state_manager(struct nfs_client *clp)
 
 	/* Ensure exclusive access to NFSv4 state */
 	do {
+		if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_PURGE_STATE, &clp->cl_state)) {
+			nfs4_reclaim_lease(clp);
+			clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_PURGE_STATE, &clp->cl_state);
+			set_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_EXPIRED, &clp->cl_state);
+		}
+
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_EXPIRED, &clp->cl_state)) {
 			/* We're going to have to re-establish a clientid */
 			status = nfs4_reclaim_lease(clp);