diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index 86ac2c5b93fe0c8c1788b6954b3e9956300788ea..e0fe9a0f1bf186b157f6a208947e85e7a467d7f9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1733,7 +1733,8 @@ ff_layout_read_pagelist(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 	if (fh)
 		hdr->args.fh = fh;
 
-	if (!nfs4_ff_layout_select_ds_stateid(lseg, idx, &hdr->args.stateid))
+	if (vers == 4 &&
+		!nfs4_ff_layout_select_ds_stateid(lseg, idx, &hdr->args.stateid))
 		goto out_failed;
 
 	/*
@@ -1798,7 +1799,8 @@ ff_layout_write_pagelist(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr, int sync)
 	if (fh)
 		hdr->args.fh = fh;
 
-	if (!nfs4_ff_layout_select_ds_stateid(lseg, idx, &hdr->args.stateid))
+	if (vers == 4 &&
+		!nfs4_ff_layout_select_ds_stateid(lseg, idx, &hdr->args.stateid))
 		goto out_failed;
 
 	/*