diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
index 944c9a5..9ce9013 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4_fs.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
 	NFS_STATE_RECLAIM_REBOOT,	/* OPEN stateid server rebooted */
 	NFS_STATE_RECLAIM_NOGRACE,	/* OPEN stateid needs to recover state */
 	NFS_STATE_POSIX_LOCKS,		/* Posix locks are supported */
+	NFS_STATE_RECOVERY_FAILED,	/* OPEN stateid state recovery failed */
 };
 
 struct nfs4_state {
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@
 extern int nfs4_client_recover_expired_lease(struct nfs_client *clp);
 extern void nfs4_schedule_state_manager(struct nfs_client *);
 extern void nfs4_schedule_path_down_recovery(struct nfs_client *clp);
-extern void nfs4_schedule_stateid_recovery(const struct nfs_server *, struct nfs4_state *);
+extern int nfs4_schedule_stateid_recovery(const struct nfs_server *, struct nfs4_state *);
 extern void nfs41_handle_sequence_flag_errors(struct nfs_client *clp, u32 flags);
 extern void nfs41_handle_server_scope(struct nfs_client *,
 				      struct nfs41_server_scope **);
@@ -412,6 +413,11 @@
 	return memcmp(dst, src, sizeof(*dst)) == 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool nfs4_valid_open_stateid(const struct nfs4_state *state)
+{
+	return test_bit(NFS_STATE_RECOVERY_FAILED, &state->flags) == 0;
+}
+
 #else
 
 #define nfs4_close_state(a, b) do { } while (0)