diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
index 0420b5e6e20d23f557d9053e71b79bd546cf71c3..b88b207d75d945b9ccba83b84796167e6f752717 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
@@ -507,11 +507,11 @@ nfsd4_cb_recall(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 		.rpc_argp = dp,
 		.rpc_cred = clp->cl_cb_conn.cb_cred
 	};
-	int retries = 1;
 	int status = 0;
 
+	dp->dl_retries = 1;
 	status = rpc_call_sync(clnt, &msg, RPC_TASK_SOFT);
-	while (retries--) {
+	while (dp->dl_retries--) {
 		switch (status) {
 			case -EIO:
 				/* Network partition? */
diff --git a/include/linux/nfsd/state.h b/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
index 346b603072ce7f7fdad96cba0917be9780fd5c00..c0c49215ddc52150738a52ce797e740d46326df3 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfsd/state.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct nfs4_delegation {
 	u32			dl_ident;
 	stateid_t		dl_stateid;
 	struct knfsd_fh		dl_fh;
+	int			dl_retries;
 };
 
 /* client delegation callback info */