diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 9b3a82abab07..1452177c822d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -542,6 +542,13 @@ static inline bool nfs4_valid_open_stateid(const struct nfs4_state *state)
 	return test_bit(NFS_STATE_RECOVERY_FAILED, &state->flags) == 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool nfs4_state_match_open_stateid_other(const struct nfs4_state *state,
+		const nfs4_stateid *stateid)
+{
+	return test_bit(NFS_OPEN_STATE, &state->flags) &&
+		nfs4_stateid_match_other(&state->open_stateid, stateid);
+}
+
 #else
 
 #define nfs4_close_state(a, b) do { } while (0)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 8e25327077e2..0b3cdf856333 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1451,7 +1451,6 @@ static void nfs_resync_open_stateid_locked(struct nfs4_state *state)
 }
 
 static void nfs_clear_open_stateid_locked(struct nfs4_state *state,
-		nfs4_stateid *arg_stateid,
 		nfs4_stateid *stateid, fmode_t fmode)
 {
 	clear_bit(NFS_O_RDWR_STATE, &state->flags);
@@ -1469,10 +1468,9 @@ static void nfs_clear_open_stateid_locked(struct nfs4_state *state,
 	}
 	if (stateid == NULL)
 		return;
-	/* Handle races with OPEN */
-	if (!nfs4_stateid_match_other(arg_stateid, &state->open_stateid) ||
-	    (nfs4_stateid_match_other(stateid, &state->open_stateid) &&
-	    !nfs4_stateid_is_newer(stateid, &state->open_stateid))) {
+	/* Handle OPEN+OPEN_DOWNGRADE races */
+	if (nfs4_stateid_match_other(stateid, &state->open_stateid) &&
+	    !nfs4_stateid_is_newer(stateid, &state->open_stateid)) {
 		nfs_resync_open_stateid_locked(state);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1486,7 +1484,9 @@ static void nfs_clear_open_stateid(struct nfs4_state *state,
 	nfs4_stateid *stateid, fmode_t fmode)
 {
 	write_seqlock(&state->seqlock);
-	nfs_clear_open_stateid_locked(state, arg_stateid, stateid, fmode);
+	/* Ignore, if the CLOSE argment doesn't match the current stateid */
+	if (nfs4_state_match_open_stateid_other(state, arg_stateid))
+		nfs_clear_open_stateid_locked(state, stateid, fmode);
 	write_sequnlock(&state->seqlock);
 	if (test_bit(NFS_STATE_RECLAIM_NOGRACE, &state->flags))
 		nfs4_schedule_state_manager(state->owner->so_server->nfs_client);