diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index cf7365581031..fa1a14def45c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ int nfs_inode_set_delegation(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred,
 	delegation->cred = get_cred(cred);
 	delegation->inode = inode;
 	delegation->flags = 1<<NFS_DELEGATION_REFERENCED;
+	delegation->test_gen = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&delegation->lock);
 
 	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
@@ -1294,6 +1295,8 @@ static int nfs_server_reap_expired_delegations(struct nfs_server *server,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	const struct cred *cred;
 	nfs4_stateid stateid;
+	unsigned long gen = ++server->delegation_gen;
+
 restart:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 restart_locked:
@@ -1303,7 +1306,8 @@ static int nfs_server_reap_expired_delegations(struct nfs_server *server,
 		    test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_RETURNING,
 					&delegation->flags) ||
 		    test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_TEST_EXPIRED,
-					&delegation->flags) == 0)
+					&delegation->flags) == 0 ||
+			delegation->test_gen == gen)
 			continue;
 		inode = nfs_delegation_grab_inode(delegation);
 		if (inode == NULL)
@@ -1312,6 +1316,7 @@ static int nfs_server_reap_expired_delegations(struct nfs_server *server,
 		cred = get_cred_rcu(delegation->cred);
 		nfs4_stateid_copy(&stateid, &delegation->stateid);
 		spin_unlock(&delegation->lock);
+		delegation->test_gen = gen;
 		clear_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_TEST_EXPIRED, &delegation->flags);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		nfs_delegation_test_free_expired(inode, &stateid, cred);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.h b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
index 1c378992b7c0..a6f495d012cf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct nfs_delegation {
 	fmode_t type;
 	unsigned long pagemod_limit;
 	__u64 change_attr;
+	unsigned long test_gen;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	refcount_t refcount;
 	spinlock_t lock;
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
index cd628c4b011e..cd797e00fe35 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ struct nfs_server {
 	struct list_head	delegations;
 	struct list_head	ss_copies;
 
+	unsigned long		delegation_gen;
 	unsigned long		mig_gen;
 	unsigned long		mig_status;
 #define NFS_MIG_IN_TRANSITION		(1)