diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index 6acc11e6ebad..3ed1be9aade3 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ static int nfs_do_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_delegation *
 {
 	int res = 0;
 
-	res = nfs4_proc_delegreturn(inode, delegation->cred, &delegation->stateid, issync);
+	if (!test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_REVOKED, &delegation->flags))
+		res = nfs4_proc_delegreturn(inode,
+				delegation->cred,
+				&delegation->stateid,
+				issync);
 	nfs_free_delegation(delegation);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -366,11 +370,13 @@ static int nfs_end_delegation_return(struct inode *inode, struct nfs_delegation
 {
 	struct nfs_client *clp = NFS_SERVER(inode)->nfs_client;
 	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (delegation == NULL)
 		return 0;
 	do {
+		if (test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_REVOKED, &delegation->flags))
+			break;
 		err = nfs_delegation_claim_opens(inode, &delegation->stateid);
 		if (!issync || err != -EAGAIN)
 			break;
@@ -591,10 +597,23 @@ static void nfs_client_mark_return_unused_delegation_types(struct nfs_client *cl
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+static void nfs_revoke_delegation(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	delegation = rcu_dereference(NFS_I(inode)->delegation);
+	if (delegation != NULL) {
+		set_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_REVOKED, &delegation->flags);
+		nfs_mark_return_delegation(NFS_SERVER(inode), delegation);
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
 void nfs_remove_bad_delegation(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
 
+	nfs_revoke_delegation(inode);
 	delegation = nfs_inode_detach_delegation(inode);
 	if (delegation) {
 		nfs_inode_find_state_and_recover(inode, &delegation->stateid);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.h b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
index 9a79c7a99d6d..e02b090ab9da 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ enum {
 	NFS_DELEGATION_RETURN_IF_CLOSED,
 	NFS_DELEGATION_REFERENCED,
 	NFS_DELEGATION_RETURNING,
+	NFS_DELEGATION_REVOKED,
 };
 
 int nfs_inode_set_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs_openres *res);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 6acb8d224d72..9cc69b5d707e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ static int nfs4_handle_delegation_recall_error(struct nfs_server *server, struct
 			nfs_inode_find_state_and_recover(state->inode,
 					stateid);
 			nfs4_schedule_stateid_recovery(server, state);
-			return 0;
+			return -EAGAIN;
 		case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
 		case -NFS4ERR_GRACE:
 			set_bit(NFS_DELEGATED_STATE, &state->flags);