diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 84fb6eb5ff2f..c7000c33a7f0 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -2241,6 +2241,9 @@ static bool client_has_state(struct nfs4_client *clp)
 	 * Also note we should probably be using this in 4.0 case too.
 	 */
 	return !list_empty(&clp->cl_openowners)
+#ifdef CONFIG_NFSD_PNFS
+		|| !list_empty(&clp->cl_lo_states)
+#endif
 		|| !list_empty(&clp->cl_delegations)
 		|| !list_empty(&clp->cl_sessions);
 }