diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 4694529961546b5d768669fad4ba350e49c30e97..f2e2ad8944617f679a4a85934f6a276d3665229d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -2217,9 +2217,9 @@ static void nfs41_handle_recallable_state_revoked(struct nfs_client *clp)
 
 static void nfs41_handle_backchannel_fault(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
-	nfs_expire_all_delegations(clp);
-	if (test_and_set_bit(NFS4CLNT_SESSION_RESET, &clp->cl_state) == 0)
-		nfs4_schedule_state_manager(clp);
+	set_bit(NFS4CLNT_SESSION_RESET, &clp->cl_state);
+	nfs4_schedule_state_manager(clp);
+
 	dprintk("%s: server %s declared a backchannel fault\n", __func__,
 			clp->cl_hostname);
 }