diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 5d57c4a5f578572a0897a8cef264a33a1e28a9d3..901c9e2b70733e6637e106c5f75fef464857fa94 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6999,7 +6999,12 @@ int nfs4_lock_delegation_recall(struct file_lock *fl, struct nfs4_state *state,
 	err = nfs4_set_lock_state(state, fl);
 	if (err != 0)
 		return err;
-	err = _nfs4_do_setlk(state, F_SETLK, fl, NFS_LOCK_NEW);
+	do {
+		err = _nfs4_do_setlk(state, F_SETLK, fl, NFS_LOCK_NEW);
+		if (err != -NFS4ERR_DELAY)
+			break;
+		ssleep(1);
+	} while (err == -NFS4ERR_DELAY);
 	return nfs4_handle_delegation_recall_error(server, state, stateid, fl, err);
 }