diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index c10dcd12af5196b835340cc71008782b85ab7020..a8be9af610ac29d96042efe6dee321a9d1adaee6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ static int _nfs4_open_delegated(struct inode *inode, int flags, struct rpc_cred
 	}
 	up_read(&nfsi->rwsem);
 	up_read(&clp->cl_sem);
+	if (err != -EACCES)
+		nfs_inode_return_delegation(inode);
 	return err;
 }