diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 5adaca5e476c..935ec446e52e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1907,7 +1907,6 @@ int update_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state,
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(state->inode);
 	struct nfs_client *clp = server->nfs_client;
-	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(state->inode);
 	struct nfs_delegation *deleg_cur;
 	nfs4_stateid freeme = { };
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -1926,7 +1925,7 @@ int update_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state,
 		goto no_delegation;
 
 	spin_lock(&deleg_cur->lock);
-	if (rcu_dereference(nfsi->delegation) != deleg_cur ||
+	if (!deleg_cur->inode ||
 	   test_bit(NFS_DELEGATION_RETURNING, &deleg_cur->flags) ||
 	    (deleg_cur->type & fmode) != fmode)
 		goto no_delegation_unlock;