diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index f0c849c..53ef365 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1754,7 +1754,8 @@
 
 	/* Protect against reboot recovery conflicts */
 	status = -ENOMEM;
-	if (!(sp = nfs4_get_state_owner(server, cred))) {
+	sp = nfs4_get_state_owner(server, cred, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (sp == NULL) {
 		dprintk("nfs4_do_open: nfs4_get_state_owner failed!\n");
 		goto out_err;
 	}