diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 288be08..45bce9e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 static int _nfs4_proc_open(struct nfs4_opendata *data);
 static int _nfs4_recover_proc_open(struct nfs4_opendata *data);
 static int nfs4_do_fsinfo(struct nfs_server *, struct nfs_fh *, struct nfs_fsinfo *);
-static int nfs4_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *, const struct nfs_server *, struct nfs4_state *);
+static int nfs4_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *, const struct nfs_server *, struct nfs4_state *, long *);
 static void nfs_fixup_referral_attributes(struct nfs_fattr *fattr);
 static int nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *, struct nfs_fh *, struct nfs_fattr *, struct nfs4_label *label);
 static int _nfs4_proc_getattr(struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs_fh *fhandle, struct nfs_fattr *fattr, struct nfs4_label *label);
@@ -314,20 +314,30 @@
 	kunmap_atomic(start);
 }
 
+static long nfs4_update_delay(long *timeout)
+{
+	long ret;
+	if (!timeout)
+		return NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MAX;
+	if (*timeout <= 0)
+		*timeout = NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MIN;
+	if (*timeout > NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MAX)
+		*timeout = NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MAX;
+	ret = *timeout;
+	*timeout <<= 1;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int nfs4_delay(struct rpc_clnt *clnt, long *timeout)
 {
 	int res = 0;
 
 	might_sleep();
 
-	if (*timeout <= 0)
-		*timeout = NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MIN;
-	if (*timeout > NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MAX)
-		*timeout = NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MAX;
-	freezable_schedule_timeout_killable_unsafe(*timeout);
+	freezable_schedule_timeout_killable_unsafe(
+		nfs4_update_delay(timeout));
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
 		res = -ERESTARTSYS;
-	*timeout <<= 1;
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -2583,7 +2593,7 @@
 			if (calldata->arg.fmode == 0)
 				break;
 		default:
-			if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, state) == -EAGAIN) {
+			if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, state, NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
 				rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 				goto out_release;
 			}
@@ -3572,7 +3582,8 @@
 
 	if (!nfs4_sequence_done(task, &res->seq_res))
 		return 0;
-	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, res->server, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
+	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, res->server, NULL,
+				    &data->timeout) == -EAGAIN)
 		return 0;
 	update_changeattr(dir, &res->cinfo);
 	return 1;
@@ -3605,7 +3616,7 @@
 
 	if (!nfs4_sequence_done(task, &res->seq_res))
 		return 0;
-	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, res->server, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
+	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, res->server, NULL, &data->timeout) == -EAGAIN)
 		return 0;
 
 	update_changeattr(old_dir, &res->old_cinfo);
@@ -4109,7 +4120,8 @@
 
 	trace_nfs4_read(hdr, task->tk_status);
 	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server,
-				    hdr->args.context->state) == -EAGAIN) {
+				    hdr->args.context->state,
+				    NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
 		rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
@@ -4177,10 +4189,11 @@
 			      struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = hdr->inode;
-	
+
 	trace_nfs4_write(hdr, task->tk_status);
 	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, NFS_SERVER(inode),
-				    hdr->args.context->state) == -EAGAIN) {
+				    hdr->args.context->state,
+				    NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
 		rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
@@ -4260,7 +4273,8 @@
 	struct inode *inode = data->inode;
 
 	trace_nfs4_commit(data, task->tk_status);
-	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, NFS_SERVER(inode), NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
+	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, NFS_SERVER(inode),
+				    NULL, NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
 		rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
@@ -4813,7 +4827,8 @@
 
 
 static int
-nfs4_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *task, const struct nfs_server *server, struct nfs4_state *state)
+nfs4_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *task, const struct nfs_server *server,
+			struct nfs4_state *state, long *timeout)
 {
 	struct nfs_client *clp = server->nfs_client;
 
@@ -4863,6 +4878,8 @@
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
 		case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
 			nfs_inc_server_stats(server, NFSIOS_DELAY);
+			rpc_delay(task, nfs4_update_delay(timeout));
+			goto restart_call;
 		case -NFS4ERR_GRACE:
 			rpc_delay(task, NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MAX);
 		case -NFS4ERR_RETRY_UNCACHED_REP:
@@ -5103,8 +5120,8 @@
 			pnfs_roc_set_barrier(data->inode, data->roc_barrier);
 		break;
 	default:
-		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, data->res.server, NULL) ==
-				-EAGAIN) {
+		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, data->res.server,
+					    NULL, NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
 			rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -5368,7 +5385,8 @@
 		case -NFS4ERR_EXPIRED:
 			break;
 		default:
-			if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, calldata->server, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
+			if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, calldata->server,
+						    NULL, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
 				rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 	}
 	nfs_release_seqid(calldata->arg.seqid);
@@ -5974,7 +5992,8 @@
 		break;
 	case -NFS4ERR_LEASE_MOVED:
 	case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
-		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
+		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server,
+					    NULL, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
 			rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 	}
 }
@@ -7591,7 +7610,7 @@
 			rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 		}
 	}
-	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, state) == -EAGAIN)
+	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, state, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
 		rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 out:
 	dprintk("<-- %s\n", __func__);
@@ -7751,7 +7770,7 @@
 	case 0:
 		break;
 	case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
-		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, NULL) != -EAGAIN)
+		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, NULL, NULL) != -EAGAIN)
 			break;
 		rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 		return;
@@ -7882,7 +7901,7 @@
 	case 0:
 		break;
 	default:
-		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
+		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, NULL, NULL) == -EAGAIN) {
 			rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -8178,7 +8197,7 @@
 
 	switch (task->tk_status) {
 	case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
-		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, data->server, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
+		if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, data->server, NULL, NULL) == -EAGAIN)
 			rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 7ae249c..6951c7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@
 	struct inode *dir;
 	struct rpc_cred	*cred;
 	struct nfs_fattr dir_attr;
+	long timeout;
 };
 
 struct nfs_renamedata {
@@ -1352,6 +1353,7 @@
 	struct dentry		*new_dentry;
 	struct nfs_fattr	new_fattr;
 	void (*complete)(struct rpc_task *, struct nfs_renamedata *);
+	long timeout;
 };
 
 struct nfs_access_entry;