diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 5a8190ec31a2..3b28c0ac10bc 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1773,6 +1773,10 @@ nfs4_opendata_check_deleg(struct nfs4_opendata *data, struct nfs4_state *state)
 				data->o_res.delegation_type,
 				&data->o_res.delegation,
 				data->o_res.pagemod_limit);
+
+	if (data->o_res.do_recall)
+		nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(state->inode,
+						  &data->o_res.delegation);
 }
 
 /*