diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 5c241e510888..7ac644d64ab1 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -5482,7 +5482,7 @@ out:
 	return status;
 }
 
-static void nfsd4_close_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *s)
+static bool nfsd4_close_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *s)
 {
 	struct nfs4_client *clp = s->st_stid.sc_client;
 	bool unhashed;
@@ -5496,11 +5496,11 @@ static void nfsd4_close_open_stateid(struct nfs4_ol_stateid *s)
 			put_ol_stateid_locked(s, &reaplist);
 		spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
 		free_ol_stateid_reaplist(&reaplist);
+		return false;
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock(&clp->cl_lock);
 		free_ol_stateid_reaplist(&reaplist);
-		if (unhashed)
-			move_to_close_lru(s, clp->net);
+		return unhashed;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -5516,6 +5516,7 @@ nfsd4_close(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	struct nfs4_ol_stateid *stp;
 	struct net *net = SVC_NET(rqstp);
 	struct nfsd_net *nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);
+	bool need_move_to_close_list;
 
 	dprintk("NFSD: nfsd4_close on file %pd\n", 
 			cstate->current_fh.fh_dentry);
@@ -5538,8 +5539,10 @@ nfsd4_close(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	 */
 	nfs4_inc_and_copy_stateid(&close->cl_stateid, &stp->st_stid);
 
-	nfsd4_close_open_stateid(stp);
+	need_move_to_close_list = nfsd4_close_open_stateid(stp);
 	mutex_unlock(&stp->st_mutex);
+	if (need_move_to_close_list)
+		move_to_close_lru(stp, net);
 
 	/* v4.1+ suggests that we send a special stateid in here, since the
 	 * clients should just ignore this anyway. Since this is not useful