diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index c9670d822e1ca94bec426d787ef77489d4fc821d..6d5fedcd30d05d9e29967b83d0f273cc4b1e4599 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -1040,6 +1040,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_inode_attach_open_context);
 void nfs_file_set_open_context(struct file *filp, struct nfs_open_context *ctx)
 {
 	filp->private_data = get_nfs_open_context(ctx);
+	set_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_FILE_OPEN, &ctx->flags);
 	if (list_empty(&ctx->list))
 		nfs_inode_attach_open_context(ctx);
 }
@@ -1059,6 +1060,8 @@ struct nfs_open_context *nfs_find_open_context(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_c
 			continue;
 		if ((pos->mode & (FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE)) != mode)
 			continue;
+		if (!test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_FILE_OPEN, &pos->flags))
+			continue;
 		ctx = get_nfs_open_context(pos);
 		break;
 	}
@@ -1073,6 +1076,7 @@ void nfs_file_clear_open_context(struct file *filp)
 	if (ctx) {
 		struct inode *inode = d_inode(ctx->dentry);
 
+		clear_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_FILE_OPEN, &ctx->flags);
 		/*
 		 * We fatal error on write before. Try to writeback
 		 * every page again.
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index dcf01bdcc3e3bdafd2507eae2cc0abae1e2cb939..798dee258bff608c70ddfda57460d0b7fdc73a3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct nfs_open_context {
 #define NFS_CONTEXT_RESEND_WRITES	(1)
 #define NFS_CONTEXT_BAD			(2)
 #define NFS_CONTEXT_UNLOCK	(3)
+#define NFS_CONTEXT_FILE_OPEN		(4)
 	int error;
 
 	struct list_head list;