diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 8b41c0b8624e3fb0a16af25e5f681fa2e0ad6a21..2dc59e79295df68cf7223c7ee654f7380b9124c1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ extern struct nfs_seqid *nfs_alloc_seqid(struct nfs_seqid_counter *counter, gfp_
 extern int nfs_wait_on_sequence(struct nfs_seqid *seqid, struct rpc_task *task);
 extern void nfs_increment_open_seqid(int status, struct nfs_seqid *seqid);
 extern void nfs_increment_lock_seqid(int status, struct nfs_seqid *seqid);
+extern void nfs_release_seqid_inorder(struct nfs_seqid *seqid);
 extern void nfs_release_seqid(struct nfs_seqid *seqid);
 extern void nfs_free_seqid(struct nfs_seqid *seqid);
 extern int nfs4_setup_sequence(struct nfs_client *client,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 8e546e6a5619860171bbb696125a8916b4b32ed5..f3d7d180f54c768b6e5bb2a6815c474bd368814e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2518,6 +2518,8 @@ static void nfs4_open_release(void *calldata)
 	struct nfs4_opendata *data = calldata;
 	struct nfs4_state *state = NULL;
 
+	if (data->rpc_status != 0 || !data->rpc_done)
+		nfs_release_seqid_inorder(data->o_arg.seqid);
 	/* If this request hasn't been cancelled, do nothing */
 	if (!data->cancelled)
 		goto out_free;
@@ -3610,7 +3612,7 @@ static void nfs4_close_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *data)
 			res_stateid, calldata->arg.fmode);
 out_release:
 	task->tk_status = 0;
-	nfs_release_seqid(calldata->arg.seqid);
+	nfs_release_seqid_inorder(calldata->arg.seqid);
 	nfs_refresh_inode(calldata->inode, &calldata->fattr);
 	dprintk("%s: done, ret = %d!\n", __func__, task->tk_status);
 	return;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index f03b956ef77fefa7ba526a56a256fe221f256df5..6ed5b0cc4d1b2b762a4cdb052b43c25894812e4a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,24 @@ struct nfs_seqid *nfs_alloc_seqid(struct nfs_seqid_counter *counter, gfp_t gfp_m
 	return new;
 }
 
+void nfs_release_seqid_inorder(struct nfs_seqid *seqid)
+{
+	struct nfs_seqid_counter *sequence;
+
+	if (seqid == NULL || list_empty(&seqid->list))
+		return;
+	sequence = seqid->sequence;
+	spin_lock(&sequence->lock);
+	if (!list_is_last(&seqid->list, &sequence->list)) {
+		struct nfs_seqid *next;
+
+		next = list_next_entry(seqid, list);
+		rpc_wake_up_queued_task(&sequence->wait, next->task);
+	}
+	list_del_init(&seqid->list);
+	spin_unlock(&sequence->lock);
+}
+
 void nfs_release_seqid(struct nfs_seqid *seqid)
 {
 	struct nfs_seqid_counter *sequence;