diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 49e952968edee1d797fc4520d458ff2c87be236f..c9a684c128b8296e54fac76054eef2ce068358d1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,6 @@ _pnfs_return_layout(struct inode *ino)
 		goto out_put_layout_hdr;
 	}
 
-	set_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_INVALID_STID, &lo->plh_flags);
 	send = pnfs_prepare_layoutreturn(lo, &stateid, NULL);
 	spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 	pnfs_free_lseg_list(&tmp_list);