diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 792f8821b5d6..7834b325394f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6103,8 +6103,10 @@ static void nfs4_delegreturn_prepare(struct rpc_task *task, void *data)
 
 	d_data = (struct nfs4_delegreturndata *)data;
 
-	if (!d_data->lr.roc && nfs4_wait_on_layoutreturn(d_data->inode, task))
+	if (!d_data->lr.roc && nfs4_wait_on_layoutreturn(d_data->inode, task)) {
+		nfs4_sequence_done(task, &d_data->res.seq_res);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	lo = d_data->args.lr_args ? d_data->args.lr_args->layout : NULL;
 	if (lo && !pnfs_layout_is_valid(lo)) {