diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/events.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/events.c
index ae1650dda57359b8e39c07bdb6896da99b52d89e..dc0fe9d660dabef82c3c1049a73a869402d55bc7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/events.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/events.c
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ void reply_out_callback(lnet_event_t *ev)
 		rs->rs_on_net = 0;
 		if (!rs->rs_no_ack ||
 		    rs->rs_transno <=
-		    rs->rs_export->exp_obd->obd_last_committed)
+		    rs->rs_export->exp_obd->obd_last_committed ||
+		    list_empty(&rs->rs_obd_list))
 			ptlrpc_schedule_difficult_reply(rs);
 
 		spin_unlock(&rs->rs_lock);