diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 1bb0be36a7260a3e3384d47828a7dd1eb073aec4..8491d775e23c3f37f1f705e1517a3787010e6e5b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ static int nfs4_do_setattr(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred,
 			    struct nfs_fattr *fattr, struct iattr *sattr,
 			    struct nfs4_state *state);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_1
-static int nfs41_test_stateid(struct nfs_server *, struct nfs4_state *);
-static int nfs41_free_stateid(struct nfs_server *, struct nfs4_state *);
+static int nfs41_test_stateid(struct nfs_server *, nfs4_stateid *);
+static int nfs41_free_stateid(struct nfs_server *, nfs4_stateid *);
 #endif
 /* Prevent leaks of NFSv4 errors into userland */
 static int nfs4_map_errors(int err)
@@ -1728,10 +1728,10 @@ static int nfs41_open_expired(struct nfs4_state_owner *sp, struct nfs4_state *st
 	int status;
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(state->inode);
 
-	status = nfs41_test_stateid(server, state);
+	status = nfs41_test_stateid(server, &state->stateid);
 	if (status == NFS_OK)
 		return 0;
-	nfs41_free_stateid(server, state);
+	nfs41_free_stateid(server, &state->stateid);
 	return nfs4_open_expired(sp, state);
 }
 #endif
@@ -4509,10 +4509,10 @@ static int nfs41_lock_expired(struct nfs4_state *state, struct file_lock *reques
 	int status;
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(state->inode);
 
-	status = nfs41_test_stateid(server, state);
+	status = nfs41_test_stateid(server, &state->stateid);
 	if (status == NFS_OK)
 		return 0;
-	nfs41_free_stateid(server, state);
+	nfs41_free_stateid(server, &state->stateid);
 	return nfs4_lock_expired(state, request);
 }
 #endif
@@ -6142,10 +6142,12 @@ nfs41_find_root_sec(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle,
 out:
 	return err;
 }
-static int _nfs41_test_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs4_state *state)
+
+static int _nfs41_test_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
+	int status;
 	struct nfs41_test_stateid_args args = {
-		.stateid = &state->stateid,
+		.stateid = stateid,
 	};
 	struct nfs41_test_stateid_res res;
 	struct rpc_message msg = {
@@ -6153,26 +6155,31 @@ static int _nfs41_test_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs4_state *sta
 		.rpc_argp = &args,
 		.rpc_resp = &res,
 	};
+
 	nfs41_init_sequence(&args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 0);
-	return nfs4_call_sync_sequence(server->client, server, &msg, &args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 1);
+	status = nfs4_call_sync_sequence(server->client, server, &msg, &args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 1);
+
+	if (status == NFS_OK)
+		return res.status;
+	return status;
 }
 
-static int nfs41_test_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs4_state *state)
+static int nfs41_test_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
 	struct nfs4_exception exception = { };
 	int err;
 	do {
 		err = nfs4_handle_exception(server,
-				_nfs41_test_stateid(server, state),
+				_nfs41_test_stateid(server, stateid),
 				&exception);
 	} while (exception.retry);
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int _nfs4_free_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs4_state *state)
+static int _nfs4_free_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
 	struct nfs41_free_stateid_args args = {
-		.stateid = &state->stateid,
+		.stateid = stateid,
 	};
 	struct nfs41_free_stateid_res res;
 	struct rpc_message msg = {
@@ -6185,13 +6192,13 @@ static int _nfs4_free_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs4_state *stat
 	return nfs4_call_sync_sequence(server->client, server, &msg, &args.seq_args, &res.seq_res, 1);
 }
 
-static int nfs41_free_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs4_state *state)
+static int nfs41_free_stateid(struct nfs_server *server, nfs4_stateid *stateid)
 {
 	struct nfs4_exception exception = { };
 	int err;
 	do {
 		err = nfs4_handle_exception(server,
-				_nfs4_free_stateid(server, state),
+				_nfs4_free_stateid(server, stateid),
 				&exception);
 	} while (exception.retry);
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index ca288d115b548aac00689a60e6b4c8301dd205f3..5d1caac0656d92806668c64c45ecf00ddb58e44a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -5671,7 +5671,8 @@ static int decode_test_stateid(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	if (unlikely(!p))
 		goto out_overflow;
 	res->status = be32_to_cpup(p++);
-	return res->status;
+
+	return status;
 out_overflow:
 	print_overflow_msg(__func__, xdr);
 out: