diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 9e9f7816cf2409f63b356302646111ce799ccc77..95c5e8d39befa9fc27b8776d6a904200f89241c5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1156,6 +1156,8 @@ static int can_open_delegated(struct nfs_delegation *delegation, fmode_t fmode)
 		return 0;
 	if ((delegation->type & fmode) != fmode)
 		return 0;
+	if (test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_NEED_RECLAIM, &delegation->flags))
+		return 0;
 	if (test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_RETURNING, &delegation->flags))
 		return 0;
 	nfs_mark_delegation_referenced(delegation);