diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
index 9e970ab92887..3b1bc9111b93 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/mdc/mdc_locks.c
@@ -869,7 +869,9 @@ resend:
 		 * (explicits or automatically generated by Kernel to clean
 		 * current FLocks upon exit) that can't be trashed
 		 */
-		if ((rc == -EINTR) || (rc == -ETIMEDOUT))
+		if (((rc == -EINTR) || (rc == -ETIMEDOUT)) &&
+		    (einfo->ei_type == LDLM_FLOCK) &&
+		    (einfo->ei_mode == LCK_NL))
 			goto resend;
 		return rc;
 	}