diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index c140427e322ced8dc477d340734cfef83a2b0b36..e197bea6c6a96f86841ef2f9e7ba407f9f04cb32 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6725,7 +6725,7 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_delegreturn(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!data->inode)
+	if (!data->inode || test_bit(NFS4CLNT_RECLAIM_REBOOT, &server->nfs_client->cl_state))
 		nfs4_init_sequence(&data->args.seq_args, &data->res.seq_res, 1,
 				   1);
 	else