diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 2a29f5d..62d67f0 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@
 		case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
 			nfs_inc_server_stats(server, NFSIOS_DELAY);
 		case -NFS4ERR_GRACE:
+		case -NFS4ERR_RECALLCONFLICT:
 			exception->delay = 1;
 			return 0;
 
@@ -7847,40 +7848,34 @@
 	struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp = calldata;
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(lgp->args.inode);
 	struct nfs4_session *session = nfs4_get_session(server);
-	int ret;
 
 	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);
-	/* Note the is a race here, where a CB_LAYOUTRECALL can come in
-	 * right now covering the LAYOUTGET we are about to send.
-	 * However, that is not so catastrophic, and there seems
-	 * to be no way to prevent it completely.
-	 */
-	if (nfs41_setup_sequence(session, &lgp->args.seq_args,
-				&lgp->res.seq_res, task))
-		return;
-	ret = pnfs_choose_layoutget_stateid(&lgp->args.stateid,
-					  NFS_I(lgp->args.inode)->layout,
-					  &lgp->args.range,
-					  lgp->args.ctx->state);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		rpc_exit(task, ret);
+	nfs41_setup_sequence(session, &lgp->args.seq_args,
+				&lgp->res.seq_res, task);
+	dprintk("<-- %s\n", __func__);
 }
 
 static void nfs4_layoutget_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 {
 	struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp = calldata;
+
+	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);
+	nfs41_sequence_done(task, &lgp->res.seq_res);
+	dprintk("<-- %s\n", __func__);
+}
+
+static int
+nfs4_layoutget_handle_exception(struct rpc_task *task,
+		struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, struct nfs4_exception *exception)
+{
 	struct inode *inode = lgp->args.inode;
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
 	struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo;
-	struct nfs4_state *state = NULL;
-	unsigned long timeo, now, giveup;
+	int status = task->tk_status;
 
 	dprintk("--> %s tk_status => %d\n", __func__, -task->tk_status);
 
-	if (!nfs41_sequence_done(task, &lgp->res.seq_res))
-		goto out;
-
-	switch (task->tk_status) {
+	switch (status) {
 	case 0:
 		goto out;
 
@@ -7890,57 +7885,43 @@
 	 * retry go inband.
 	 */
 	case -NFS4ERR_LAYOUTUNAVAILABLE:
-		task->tk_status = -ENODATA;
+		status = -ENODATA;
 		goto out;
 	/*
 	 * NFS4ERR_BADLAYOUT means the MDS cannot return a layout of
 	 * length lgp->args.minlength != 0 (see RFC5661 section 18.43.3).
 	 */
 	case -NFS4ERR_BADLAYOUT:
-		goto out_overflow;
+		status = -EOVERFLOW;
+		goto out;
 	/*
 	 * NFS4ERR_LAYOUTTRYLATER is a conflict with another client
 	 * (or clients) writing to the same RAID stripe except when
 	 * the minlength argument is 0 (see RFC5661 section 18.43.3).
+	 *
+	 * Treat it like we would RECALLCONFLICT -- we retry for a little
+	 * while, and then eventually give up.
 	 */
 	case -NFS4ERR_LAYOUTTRYLATER:
-		if (lgp->args.minlength == 0)
-			goto out_overflow;
-	/*
-	 * NFS4ERR_RECALLCONFLICT is when conflict with self (must recall
-	 * existing layout before getting a new one).
-	 */
-	case -NFS4ERR_RECALLCONFLICT:
-		timeo = rpc_get_timeout(task->tk_client);
-		giveup = lgp->args.timestamp + timeo;
-		now = jiffies;
-		if (time_after(giveup, now)) {
-			unsigned long delay;
-
-			/* Delay for:
-			 * - Not less then NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MIN.
-			 * - One last time a jiffie before we give up
-			 * - exponential backoff (time_now minus start_attempt)
-			 */
-			delay = max_t(unsigned long, NFS4_POLL_RETRY_MIN,
-				    min((giveup - now - 1),
-					now - lgp->args.timestamp));
-
-			dprintk("%s: NFS4ERR_RECALLCONFLICT waiting %lu\n",
-				__func__, delay);
-			rpc_delay(task, delay);
-			/* Do not call nfs4_async_handle_error() */
-			goto out_restart;
+		if (lgp->args.minlength == 0) {
+			status = -EOVERFLOW;
+			goto out;
 		}
-		break;
+		/* Fallthrough */
+	case -NFS4ERR_RECALLCONFLICT:
+		nfs4_handle_exception(server, -NFS4ERR_RECALLCONFLICT,
+					exception);
+		status = -ERECALLCONFLICT;
+		goto out;
 	case -NFS4ERR_EXPIRED:
 	case -NFS4ERR_BAD_STATEID:
+		exception->timeout = 0;
 		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (nfs4_stateid_match(&lgp->args.stateid,
 					&lgp->args.ctx->state->stateid)) {
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			/* If the open stateid was bad, then recover it. */
-			state = lgp->args.ctx->state;
+			exception->state = lgp->args.ctx->state;
 			break;
 		}
 		lo = NFS_I(inode)->layout;
@@ -7958,20 +7939,16 @@
 			pnfs_free_lseg_list(&head);
 		} else
 			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		goto out_restart;
+		status = -EAGAIN;
+		goto out;
 	}
-	if (nfs4_async_handle_error(task, server, state, &lgp->timeout) == -EAGAIN)
-		goto out_restart;
+
+	status = nfs4_handle_exception(server, status, exception);
+	if (exception->retry)
+		status = -EAGAIN;
 out:
 	dprintk("<-- %s\n", __func__);
-	return;
-out_restart:
-	task->tk_status = 0;
-	rpc_restart_call_prepare(task);
-	return;
-out_overflow:
-	task->tk_status = -EOVERFLOW;
-	goto out;
+	return status;
 }
 
 static size_t max_response_pages(struct nfs_server *server)
@@ -8040,7 +8017,7 @@
 };
 
 struct pnfs_layout_segment *
-nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
+nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, long *timeout, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = lgp->args.inode;
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
@@ -8060,6 +8037,7 @@
 		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC,
 	};
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg = NULL;
+	struct nfs4_exception exception = { .timeout = *timeout };
 	int status = 0;
 
 	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);
@@ -8073,7 +8051,6 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 	lgp->args.layout.pglen = max_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
-	lgp->args.timestamp = jiffies;
 
 	lgp->res.layoutp = &lgp->args.layout;
 	lgp->res.seq_res.sr_slot = NULL;
@@ -8083,13 +8060,17 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(task))
 		return ERR_CAST(task);
 	status = nfs4_wait_for_completion_rpc_task(task);
-	if (status == 0)
-		status = task->tk_status;
+	if (status == 0) {
+		status = nfs4_layoutget_handle_exception(task, lgp, &exception);
+		*timeout = exception.timeout;
+	}
+
 	trace_nfs4_layoutget(lgp->args.ctx,
 			&lgp->args.range,
 			&lgp->res.range,
 			&lgp->res.stateid,
 			status);
+
 	/* if layoutp->len is 0, nfs4_layoutget_prepare called rpc_exit */
 	if (status == 0 && lgp->res.layoutp->len)
 		lseg = pnfs_layout_process(lgp);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4trace.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4trace.h
index 2c8d05d..9c150b1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4trace.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4trace.h
@@ -1520,6 +1520,8 @@
 		{ PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_FOUND_CACHED, "found cached" },	\
 		{ PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_RETURN, "layoutreturn" },		\
 		{ PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_BLOCKED, "layouts blocked" },	\
+		{ PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_INVALID_OPEN, "invalid open" },	\
+		{ PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_RETRY, "retrying" },	\
 		{ PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_SEND_LAYOUTGET, "sent layoutget" })
 
 TRACE_EVENT(pnfs_update_layout,
@@ -1528,9 +1530,10 @@
 			u64 count,
 			enum pnfs_iomode iomode,
 			struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
+			struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 			enum pnfs_update_layout_reason reason
 		),
-		TP_ARGS(inode, pos, count, iomode, lo, reason),
+		TP_ARGS(inode, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg, reason),
 		TP_STRUCT__entry(
 			__field(dev_t, dev)
 			__field(u64, fileid)
@@ -1540,6 +1543,7 @@
 			__field(enum pnfs_iomode, iomode)
 			__field(int, layoutstateid_seq)
 			__field(u32, layoutstateid_hash)
+			__field(long, lseg)
 			__field(enum pnfs_update_layout_reason, reason)
 		),
 		TP_fast_assign(
@@ -1559,11 +1563,12 @@
 				__entry->layoutstateid_seq = 0;
 				__entry->layoutstateid_hash = 0;
 			}
+			__entry->lseg = (long)lseg;
 		),
 		TP_printk(
 			"fileid=%02x:%02x:%llu fhandle=0x%08x "
 			"iomode=%s pos=%llu count=%llu "
-			"layoutstateid=%d:0x%08x (%s)",
+			"layoutstateid=%d:0x%08x lseg=0x%lx (%s)",
 			MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
 			(unsigned long long)__entry->fileid,
 			__entry->fhandle,
@@ -1571,6 +1576,7 @@
 			(unsigned long long)__entry->pos,
 			(unsigned long long)__entry->count,
 			__entry->layoutstateid_seq, __entry->layoutstateid_hash,
+			__entry->lseg,
 			show_pnfs_update_layout_reason(__entry->reason)
 		)
 );
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 2a609af..46339a7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -796,45 +796,18 @@
 		test_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_BULK_RECALL, &lo->plh_flags);
 }
 
-int
-pnfs_choose_layoutget_stateid(nfs4_stateid *dst, struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
-			      const struct pnfs_layout_range *range,
-			      struct nfs4_state *open_state)
-{
-	int status = 0;
-
-	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);
-	spin_lock(&lo->plh_inode->i_lock);
-	if (pnfs_layoutgets_blocked(lo)) {
-		status = -EAGAIN;
-	} else if (!nfs4_valid_open_stateid(open_state)) {
-		status = -EBADF;
-	} else if (list_empty(&lo->plh_segs) ||
-		   test_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_INVALID_STID, &lo->plh_flags)) {
-		int seq;
-
-		do {
-			seq = read_seqbegin(&open_state->seqlock);
-			nfs4_stateid_copy(dst, &open_state->stateid);
-		} while (read_seqretry(&open_state->seqlock, seq));
-	} else
-		nfs4_stateid_copy(dst, &lo->plh_stateid);
-	spin_unlock(&lo->plh_inode->i_lock);
-	dprintk("<-- %s\n", __func__);
-	return status;
-}
-
 /*
-* Get layout from server.
-*    for now, assume that whole file layouts are requested.
-*    arg->offset: 0
-*    arg->length: all ones
-*/
+ * Get layout from server.
+ *    for now, assume that whole file layouts are requested.
+ *    arg->offset: 0
+ *    arg->length: all ones
+ */
 static struct pnfs_layout_segment *
 send_layoutget(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
 	   struct nfs_open_context *ctx,
+	   nfs4_stateid *stateid,
 	   const struct pnfs_layout_range *range,
-	   gfp_t gfp_flags)
+	   long *timeout, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	struct inode *ino = lo->plh_inode;
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(ino);
@@ -868,10 +841,11 @@
 	lgp->args.type = server->pnfs_curr_ld->id;
 	lgp->args.inode = ino;
 	lgp->args.ctx = get_nfs_open_context(ctx);
+	nfs4_stateid_copy(&lgp->args.stateid, stateid);
 	lgp->gfp_flags = gfp_flags;
 	lgp->cred = lo->plh_lc_cred;
 
-	return nfs4_proc_layoutget(lgp, gfp_flags);
+	return nfs4_proc_layoutget(lgp, timeout, gfp_flags);
 }
 
 static void pnfs_clear_layoutcommit(struct inode *inode,
@@ -1511,27 +1485,30 @@
 		.offset = pos,
 		.length = count,
 	};
-	unsigned pg_offset;
+	unsigned pg_offset, seq;
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(ino);
 	struct nfs_client *clp = server->nfs_client;
-	struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo;
+	struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo = NULL;
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg = NULL;
+	nfs4_stateid stateid;
+	long timeout = 0;
+	unsigned long giveup = jiffies + rpc_get_timeout(server->client);
 	bool first;
 
 	if (!pnfs_enabled_sb(NFS_SERVER(ino))) {
-		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, NULL,
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_NO_PNFS);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (iomode == IOMODE_READ && i_size_read(ino) == 0) {
-		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, NULL,
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_RD_ZEROLEN);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (pnfs_within_mdsthreshold(ctx, ino, iomode)) {
-		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, NULL,
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_MDSTHRESH);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1542,14 +1519,14 @@
 	lo = pnfs_find_alloc_layout(ino, ctx, gfp_flags);
 	if (lo == NULL) {
 		spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
-		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, NULL,
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_NOMEM);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Do we even need to bother with this? */
 	if (test_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_BULK_RECALL, &lo->plh_flags)) {
-		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo,
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_BULK_RECALL);
 		dprintk("%s matches recall, use MDS\n", __func__);
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -1557,14 +1534,34 @@
 
 	/* if LAYOUTGET already failed once we don't try again */
 	if (pnfs_layout_io_test_failed(lo, iomode)) {
-		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo,
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_IO_TEST_FAIL);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	first = list_empty(&lo->plh_segs);
-	if (first) {
-		/* The first layoutget for the file. Need to serialize per
+	lseg = pnfs_find_lseg(lo, &arg);
+	if (lseg) {
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
+				PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_FOUND_CACHED);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	if (!nfs4_valid_open_stateid(ctx->state)) {
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
+				PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_INVALID_OPEN);
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Choose a stateid for the LAYOUTGET. If we don't have a layout
+	 * stateid, or it has been invalidated, then we must use the open
+	 * stateid.
+	 */
+	if (lo->plh_stateid.seqid == 0 ||
+	    test_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_INVALID_STID, &lo->plh_flags)) {
+
+		/*
+		 * The first layoutget for the file. Need to serialize per
 		 * RFC 5661 Errata 3208.
 		 */
 		if (test_and_set_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_FIRST_LAYOUTGET,
@@ -1573,18 +1570,17 @@
 			wait_on_bit(&lo->plh_flags, NFS_LAYOUT_FIRST_LAYOUTGET,
 				    TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 			pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
+			dprintk("%s retrying\n", __func__);
 			goto lookup_again;
 		}
+
+		first = true;
+		do {
+			seq = read_seqbegin(&ctx->state->seqlock);
+			nfs4_stateid_copy(&stateid, &ctx->state->stateid);
+		} while (read_seqretry(&ctx->state->seqlock, seq));
 	} else {
-		/* Check to see if the layout for the given range
-		 * already exists
-		 */
-		lseg = pnfs_find_lseg(lo, &arg);
-		if (lseg) {
-			trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo,
-					PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_FOUND_CACHED);
-			goto out_unlock;
-		}
+		nfs4_stateid_copy(&stateid, &lo->plh_stateid);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1599,15 +1595,17 @@
 				pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(lo);
 			pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
 			dprintk("%s retrying\n", __func__);
+			trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo,
+					lseg, PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_RETRY);
 			goto lookup_again;
 		}
-		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo,
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_RETURN);
 		goto out_put_layout_hdr;
 	}
 
 	if (pnfs_layoutgets_blocked(lo)) {
-		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo,
+		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_BLOCKED);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -1632,26 +1630,36 @@
 	if (arg.length != NFS4_MAX_UINT64)
 		arg.length = PAGE_ALIGN(arg.length);
 
-	lseg = send_layoutget(lo, ctx, &arg, gfp_flags);
+	lseg = send_layoutget(lo, ctx, &stateid, &arg, &timeout, gfp_flags);
+	trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
+				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_SEND_LAYOUTGET);
 	if (IS_ERR(lseg)) {
-		if (lseg == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)) {
+		switch(PTR_ERR(lseg)) {
+		case -ERECALLCONFLICT:
+			if (time_after(jiffies, giveup))
+				lseg = NULL;
+			/* Fallthrough */
+		case -EAGAIN:
+			pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
 			if (first)
 				pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(lo);
-			pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
-			goto lookup_again;
-		}
-
-		if (!nfs_error_is_fatal(PTR_ERR(lseg))) {
-			pnfs_layout_clear_fail_bit(lo, pnfs_iomode_to_fail_bit(iomode));
-			lseg = NULL;
+			if (lseg) {
+				trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count,
+					iomode, lo, lseg, PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_RETRY);
+				goto lookup_again;
+			}
+			/* Fallthrough */
+		default:
+			if (!nfs_error_is_fatal(PTR_ERR(lseg))) {
+				pnfs_layout_clear_fail_bit(lo, pnfs_iomode_to_fail_bit(iomode));
+				lseg = NULL;
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		pnfs_layout_clear_fail_bit(lo, pnfs_iomode_to_fail_bit(iomode));
 	}
 
 	atomic_dec(&lo->plh_outstanding);
-	trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo,
-				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_SEND_LAYOUTGET);
 out_put_layout_hdr:
 	if (first)
 		pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(lo);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 971068b..f9f3331 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 extern int nfs4_proc_getdeviceinfo(struct nfs_server *server,
 				   struct pnfs_device *dev,
 				   struct rpc_cred *cred);
-extern struct pnfs_layout_segment* nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags);
+extern struct pnfs_layout_segment* nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, long *timeout, gfp_t gfp_flags);
 extern int nfs4_proc_layoutreturn(struct nfs4_layoutreturn *lrp, bool sync);
 
 /* pnfs.c */
@@ -260,10 +260,6 @@
 void pnfs_set_layout_stateid(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
 			     const nfs4_stateid *new,
 			     bool update_barrier);
-int pnfs_choose_layoutget_stateid(nfs4_stateid *dst,
-				  struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
-				  const struct pnfs_layout_range *range,
-				  struct nfs4_state *open_state);
 int pnfs_mark_matching_lsegs_invalid(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
 				struct list_head *tmp_list,
 				const struct pnfs_layout_range *recall_range,