diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index a84612e5979e..0aac0fbf0b58 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -5537,7 +5537,7 @@ int nfs4_proc_delegreturn(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, const nfs4
 static unsigned long
 nfs4_set_lock_task_retry(unsigned long timeout)
 {
-	freezable_schedule_timeout_killable_unsafe(timeout);
+	freezable_schedule_timeout_interruptible(timeout);
 	timeout <<= 1;
 	if (timeout > NFS4_LOCK_MAXTIMEOUT)
 		return NFS4_LOCK_MAXTIMEOUT;