diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index c780d98035ccf79573c47ac8fb46b8f06a17653e..201ca3f2c4bac14986220fcdf6a6c37b734ffa96 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -2442,17 +2442,14 @@ static void nfs41_check_delegation_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state)
 	}
 
 	nfs4_stateid_copy(&stateid, &delegation->stateid);
-	if (test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_REVOKED, &delegation->flags)) {
+	if (test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_REVOKED, &delegation->flags) ||
+		!test_and_clear_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_TEST_EXPIRED,
+			&delegation->flags)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		nfs_finish_clear_delegation_stateid(state, &stateid);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!test_and_clear_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_TEST_EXPIRED, &delegation->flags)) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-		return;
-	}
-
 	cred = get_rpccred(delegation->cred);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	status = nfs41_test_and_free_expired_stateid(server, &stateid, cred);