diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 10946b24c66f..afb617a4a7e4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -2690,6 +2690,13 @@ static void nfs4_state_manager(struct nfs_client *clp)
 		nfs4_end_drain_session(clp);
 		nfs4_clear_state_manager_bit(clp);
 
+		if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_RUN_MANAGER, &clp->cl_state) &&
+		    !test_and_set_bit(NFS4CLNT_MANAGER_RUNNING,
+				      &clp->cl_state)) {
+			memflags = memalloc_nofs_save();
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(NFS4CLNT_RECALL_RUNNING, &clp->cl_state)) {
 			if (test_and_clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_DELEGRETURN, &clp->cl_state)) {
 				nfs_client_return_marked_delegations(clp);