diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 051a573b86ea7e4dd9ad85a539f6efd676a137f4..9f100b39cb0aff684fee70e01b23d2148cb74d6e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3080,6 +3080,11 @@ static struct nfs4_state *nfs4_do_open(struct inode *dir,
 			exception.retry = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (status == -NFS4ERR_EXPIRED) {
+			nfs4_schedule_lease_recovery(server->nfs_client);
+			exception.retry = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (status == -EAGAIN) {
 			/* We must have found a delegation */
 			exception.retry = 1;