diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9880e37d9e77..53ef3917c394 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dbae4c73f08b8a7980cc912954ade3d4c1fb6147
+refs/heads/master: 35d05778e25ee16dbddb60331be0bc1309efba19
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index f38d0573be18..424aa206470f 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -982,11 +982,8 @@ static int _nfs4_open_expired(struct nfs_open_context *ctx, struct nfs4_state *s
 	if (IS_ERR(opendata))
 		return PTR_ERR(opendata);
 	ret = nfs4_open_recover(opendata, state);
-	if (ret == -ESTALE) {
-		/* Invalidate the state owner so we don't ever use it again */
-		nfs4_drop_state_owner(state->owner);
+	if (ret == -ESTALE)
 		d_drop(ctx->path.dentry);
-	}
 	nfs4_opendata_put(opendata);
 	return ret;
 }