1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index ed083b9a731b..28712e20bb11 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -144,8 +144,15 @@ nfsd4_create_clid_dir(struct nfs4_client *clp)
                 status = PTR_ERR(dentry);
                 goto out_unlock;
         }
-        status = -EEXIST;
         if (dentry->d_inode)
+                /*
+                 * In the 4.1 case, where we're called from
+                 * reclaim_complete(), records from the previous reboot
+                 * may still be left, so this is OK.
+                 *
+                 * In the 4.0 case, we should never get here; but we may
+                 * as well be forgiving and just succeed silently.
+                 */
                 goto out_put;
         status = mnt_want_write(rec_file->f_path.mnt);
         if (status)