diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
index a08770a7e857bf10ef5f21f9e10d1465c2c9ce88..7445dd0ae3f31b297ad117c05d34dc52cc974c07 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
@@ -62,16 +62,6 @@ __be32 nfs4_callback_getattr(struct cb_getattrargs *args, struct cb_getattrres *
 	return res->status;
 }
 
-static int (*nfs_validate_delegation_stateid(struct nfs_client *clp))(struct nfs_delegation *, const nfs4_stateid *)
-{
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1)
-	if (clp->cl_minorversion > 0)
-		return nfs41_validate_delegation_stateid;
-#endif
-	return nfs4_validate_delegation_stateid;
-}
-
-
 __be32 nfs4_callback_recall(struct cb_recallargs *args, void *dummy)
 {
 	struct nfs_client *clp;
@@ -92,8 +82,7 @@ __be32 nfs4_callback_recall(struct cb_recallargs *args, void *dummy)
 		inode = nfs_delegation_find_inode(clp, &args->fh);
 		if (inode != NULL) {
 			/* Set up a helper thread to actually return the delegation */
-			switch (nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(inode, &args->stateid,
-								  nfs_validate_delegation_stateid(clp))) {
+			switch (nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(inode, &args->stateid)) {
 				case 0:
 					res = 0;
 					break;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index 3016345439744d4ae13166a3eba9c80d86322e35..f34f4ac52b818e162ee76292af9d99679908679e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -471,9 +471,7 @@ void nfs_expire_unreferenced_delegations(struct nfs_client *clp)
 /*
  * Asynchronous delegation recall!
  */
-int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *stateid,
-				      int (*validate_stateid)(struct nfs_delegation *delegation,
-							      const nfs4_stateid *stateid))
+int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
 	struct nfs_client *clp = NFS_SERVER(inode)->nfs_client;
 	struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
@@ -481,7 +479,7 @@ int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *s
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	delegation = rcu_dereference(NFS_I(inode)->delegation);
 
-	if (!validate_stateid(delegation, stateid)) {
+	if (!clp->cl_mvops->validate_stateid(delegation, stateid)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.h b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
index 69e7b8140122d7ed4feec5e5fad1dddb307ae150..2026304bda19c50f64c71f73ffd05f434c89f1c9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ enum {
 int nfs_inode_set_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs_openres *res);
 void nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs_openres *res);
 int nfs_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode);
-int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *stateid,
-				      int (*validate_stateid)(struct nfs_delegation *delegation,
-							      const nfs4_stateid *stateid));
+int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *stateid);
 void nfs_inode_return_delegation_noreclaim(struct inode *inode);
 
 struct inode *nfs_delegation_find_inode(struct nfs_client *clp, const struct nfs_fh *fhandle);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 1ff0ea2a84613395a5b60ecf13fccd5a941aabe4..04eff16b34d33a28b2edb07eca0a8d475ca64708 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ struct nfs4_minor_version_ops {
 			struct nfs4_sequence_args *args,
 			struct nfs4_sequence_res *res,
 			int cache_reply);
+	int	(*validate_stateid)(struct nfs_delegation *,
+			const nfs4_stateid *);
 	const struct nfs4_state_recovery_ops *reboot_recovery_ops;
 	const struct nfs4_state_recovery_ops *nograce_recovery_ops;
 	const struct nfs4_state_maintenance_ops *state_renewal_ops;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 9f222f57e75bbcb9c57b398b114ba5a6bc783445..d1ab0c36e939a0fc2f927bda7df5eb1f36b71488 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5356,6 +5356,7 @@ struct nfs4_state_maintenance_ops nfs41_state_renewal_ops = {
 static const struct nfs4_minor_version_ops nfs_v4_0_minor_ops = {
 	.minor_version = 0,
 	.call_sync = _nfs4_call_sync,
+	.validate_stateid = nfs4_validate_delegation_stateid,
 	.reboot_recovery_ops = &nfs40_reboot_recovery_ops,
 	.nograce_recovery_ops = &nfs40_nograce_recovery_ops,
 	.state_renewal_ops = &nfs40_state_renewal_ops,
@@ -5365,6 +5366,7 @@ static const struct nfs4_minor_version_ops nfs_v4_0_minor_ops = {
 static const struct nfs4_minor_version_ops nfs_v4_1_minor_ops = {
 	.minor_version = 1,
 	.call_sync = _nfs4_call_sync_session,
+	.validate_stateid = nfs41_validate_delegation_stateid,
 	.reboot_recovery_ops = &nfs41_reboot_recovery_ops,
 	.nograce_recovery_ops = &nfs41_nograce_recovery_ops,
 	.state_renewal_ops = &nfs41_state_renewal_ops,