diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index bd8ed01cb0ea2..38eeefd953750 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -2015,6 +2015,7 @@ static void nfs4_state_manager(struct nfs_client *clp)
 	pr_warn_ratelimited("NFS: state manager%s%s failed on NFSv4 server %s"
 			" with error %d\n", section_sep, section,
 			clp->cl_hostname, -status);
+	ssleep(1);
 	nfs4_end_drain_session(clp);
 	nfs4_clear_state_manager_bit(clp);
 }