diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index c36ef75f2054bb3803f8764c1e884745be6b055b..b3086e99420c72e9a5c714848819914e3bdfc258 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -2613,7 +2613,7 @@ static void nfs4_state_manager(struct nfs_client *clp)
 			return;
 		if (test_and_set_bit(NFS4CLNT_MANAGER_RUNNING, &clp->cl_state) != 0)
 			return;
-	} while (refcount_read(&clp->cl_count) > 1);
+	} while (refcount_read(&clp->cl_count) > 1 && !signalled());
 	goto out_drain;
 
 out_error: