diff --git a/fs/nfsd/netns.h b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
index 72770fe0fdfe94e4f4dc29e22e7d464883c54973..e80691241aefe8fdf903dcc769f6b814eaec44dc 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/netns.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ struct nfsd_net {
 
 	struct lock_manager nfsd4_manager;
 	bool grace_ended;
+	bool grace_end_forced;
+	bool client_tracking_active;
 	time64_t boot_time;
 
 	struct dentry *nfsd_client_dir;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 435e7dc609039c49fd14013988d4465ac374ee4b..a813c1123b378737e9324b024783640046f05222 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static u64 current_sessionid = 1;
 /* forward declarations */
 static bool check_for_locks(struct nfs4_file *fp, struct nfs4_lockowner *lowner);
 static void nfs4_free_ol_stateid(struct nfs4_stid *stid);
-void nfsd4_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn);
+static void nfsd4_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn);
 static void _free_cpntf_state_locked(struct nfsd_net *nn, struct nfs4_cpntf_state *cps);
 static void nfsd4_file_hash_remove(struct nfs4_file *fi);
 
@@ -5902,7 +5902,7 @@ nfsd4_renew(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	return nfs_ok;
 }
 
-void
+static void
 nfsd4_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn)
 {
 	/* do nothing if grace period already ended */
@@ -5935,6 +5935,20 @@ nfsd4_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn)
 	 */
 }
 
+bool
+nfsd4_force_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn)
+{
+	if (!nn->client_tracking_ops)
+		return false;
+	spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
+	if (nn->client_tracking_active) {
+		nn->grace_end_forced = true;
+		mod_delayed_work(laundry_wq, &nn->laundromat_work, 0);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * If we've waited a lease period but there are still clients trying to
  * reclaim, wait a little longer to give them a chance to finish.
@@ -5944,6 +5958,8 @@ static bool clients_still_reclaiming(struct nfsd_net *nn)
 	time64_t double_grace_period_end = nn->boot_time +
 					   2 * nn->nfsd4_lease;
 
+	if (nn->grace_end_forced)
+		return false;
 	if (nn->track_reclaim_completes &&
 			atomic_read(&nn->nr_reclaim_complete) ==
 			nn->reclaim_str_hashtbl_size)
@@ -8175,6 +8191,8 @@ static int nfs4_state_create_net(struct net *net)
 	nn->unconf_name_tree = RB_ROOT;
 	nn->boot_time = ktime_get_real_seconds();
 	nn->grace_ended = false;
+	nn->grace_end_forced = false;
+	nn->client_tracking_active = false;
 	nn->nfsd4_manager.block_opens = true;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nn->nfsd4_manager.list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nn->client_lru);
@@ -8255,6 +8273,10 @@ nfs4_state_start_net(struct net *net)
 		return ret;
 	locks_start_grace(net, &nn->nfsd4_manager);
 	nfsd4_client_tracking_init(net);
+	/* safe for laundromat to run now */
+	spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
+	nn->client_tracking_active = true;
+	spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
 	if (nn->track_reclaim_completes && nn->reclaim_str_hashtbl_size == 0)
 		goto skip_grace;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "NFSD: starting %lld-second grace period (net %x)\n",
@@ -8301,6 +8323,9 @@ nfs4_state_shutdown_net(struct net *net)
 
 	shrinker_free(nn->nfsd_client_shrinker);
 	cancel_work_sync(&nn->nfsd_shrinker_work);
+	spin_lock(&nn->client_lock);
+	nn->client_tracking_active = false;
+	spin_unlock(&nn->client_lock);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&nn->laundromat_work);
 	locks_end_grace(&nn->nfsd4_manager);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 887035b7446763ac157276afcaf11830284db46b..ba8d653de273971a64aee3665916188d9e3c8871 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -1110,10 +1110,9 @@ static ssize_t write_v4_end_grace(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size)
 		case 'Y':
 		case 'y':
 		case '1':
-			if (!nn->nfsd_serv)
+			if (!nfsd4_force_end_grace(nn))
 				return -EBUSY;
 			trace_nfsd_end_grace(netns(file));
-			nfsd4_end_grace(nn);
 			break;
 		default:
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/state.h b/fs/nfsd/state.h
index cbddcf484dbac76ea55115ba18d734dbfaf99cf6..5da7785609b07f9fa9b159dc522de08612d02cad 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ static inline void get_nfs4_file(struct nfs4_file *fi)
 struct nfsd_file *find_any_file(struct nfs4_file *f);
 
 /* grace period management */
-void nfsd4_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn);
+bool nfsd4_force_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn);
 
 /* nfs4recover operations */
 extern int nfsd4_client_tracking_init(struct net *net);