diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index d5c2a461f28185485e640358663b862c5670b71b..d044c7b11ff71dba8e5049363e60ce3325e4876e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -412,8 +412,9 @@ static int nfs4_do_handle_exception(struct nfs_server *server,
 				ret = -EBUSY;
 				break;
 			}
-		case -NFS4ERR_GRACE:
 		case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
+			nfs_inc_server_stats(server, NFSIOS_DELAY);
+		case -NFS4ERR_GRACE:
 			exception->delay = 1;
 			return 0;