1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 451638bb011c..3ba65979a3cd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -3627,8 +3627,11 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_lookup_stateid(stateid_t *stateid, unsigned char typemask,
                 return nfserr_bad_stateid;
         status = lookup_clientid(&stateid->si_opaque.so_clid, sessions,
                                                         nn, &cl);
-        if (status == nfserr_stale_clientid)
+        if (status == nfserr_stale_clientid) {
+                if (sessions)
+                        return nfserr_bad_stateid;
                 return nfserr_stale_stateid;
+        }
         if (status)
                 return status;
         *s = find_stateid_by_type(cl, stateid, typemask);