diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback.h b/fs/nfs/callback.h
index 0ca830984c4..d4036be0b58 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ struct cb_sequenceres {
 extern unsigned nfs4_callback_sequence(struct cb_sequenceargs *args,
 				       struct cb_sequenceres *res);
 
+extern int nfs41_validate_delegation_stateid(struct nfs_delegation *delegation,
+					     const nfs4_stateid *stateid);
 
 #define RCA4_TYPE_MASK_RDATA_DLG	0
 #define RCA4_TYPE_MASK_WDATA_DLG	1
@@ -125,8 +127,9 @@ extern __be32 nfs4_callback_recall(struct cb_recallargs *args, void *dummy);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
 extern int nfs_callback_up(u32 minorversion, struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
 extern void nfs_callback_down(int minorversion);
+extern int nfs4_validate_delegation_stateid(struct nfs_delegation *delegation,
+					    const nfs4_stateid *stateid);
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4 */
-
 /*
  * nfs41: Callbacks are expected to not cause substantial latency,
  * so we limit their concurrency to 1 by setting up the maximum number
diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
index 61b85306bb2..defa9b4c470 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_proc.c
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ out:
 	return res->status;
 }
 
+static int (*nfs_validate_delegation_stateid(struct nfs_client *clp))(struct nfs_delegation *, const nfs4_stateid *)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1)
+	if (clp->cl_minorversion > 0)
+		return nfs41_validate_delegation_stateid;
+#endif
+	return nfs4_validate_delegation_stateid;
+}
+
+
 __be32 nfs4_callback_recall(struct cb_recallargs *args, void *dummy)
 {
 	struct nfs_client *clp;
@@ -81,7 +91,8 @@ __be32 nfs4_callback_recall(struct cb_recallargs *args, void *dummy)
 		inode = nfs_delegation_find_inode(clp, &args->fh);
 		if (inode != NULL) {
 			/* Set up a helper thread to actually return the delegation */
-			switch(nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(inode, &args->stateid)) {
+			switch (nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(inode, &args->stateid,
+								  nfs_validate_delegation_stateid(clp))) {
 				case 0:
 					res = 0;
 					break;
@@ -102,8 +113,31 @@ out:
 	return res;
 }
 
+int nfs4_validate_delegation_stateid(struct nfs_delegation *delegation, const nfs4_stateid *stateid)
+{
+	if (delegation == NULL || memcmp(delegation->stateid.data, stateid->data,
+					 sizeof(delegation->stateid.data)) != 0)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1)
 
+int nfs41_validate_delegation_stateid(struct nfs_delegation *delegation, const nfs4_stateid *stateid)
+{
+	if (delegation == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* seqid is 4-bytes long */
+	if (((u32 *) &stateid->data)[0] != 0)
+		return 0;
+	if (memcmp(&delegation->stateid.data[4], &stateid->data[4],
+		   sizeof(stateid->data)-4))
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Validate the sequenceID sent by the server.
  * Return success if the sequenceID is one more than what we last saw on
@@ -255,5 +289,4 @@ out:
 	dprintk("%s: exit with status = %d\n", __func__, ntohl(status));
 	return status;
 }
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.c b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
index f4758ec4213..2563bebc4c6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.c
@@ -454,18 +454,21 @@ void nfs_expire_unreferenced_delegations(struct nfs_client *clp)
 /*
  * Asynchronous delegation recall!
  */
-int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *stateid)
+int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *stateid,
+				      int (*validate_stateid)(struct nfs_delegation *delegation,
+							      const nfs4_stateid *stateid))
 {
 	struct nfs_client *clp = NFS_SERVER(inode)->nfs_client;
 	struct nfs_delegation *delegation;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	delegation = rcu_dereference(NFS_I(inode)->delegation);
-	if (delegation == NULL || memcmp(delegation->stateid.data, stateid->data,
-				sizeof(delegation->stateid.data)) != 0) {
+
+	if (!validate_stateid(delegation, stateid)) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
+
 	nfs_mark_return_delegation(clp, delegation);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	nfs_delegation_run_state_manager(clp);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/delegation.h b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
index f6d0731a8cf..944b627ec6e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/delegation.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/delegation.h
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ enum {
 int nfs_inode_set_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs_openres *res);
 void nfs_inode_reclaim_delegation(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, struct nfs_openres *res);
 int nfs_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode);
-int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *stateid);
+int nfs_async_inode_return_delegation(struct inode *inode, const nfs4_stateid *stateid,
+				      int (*validate_stateid)(struct nfs_delegation *delegation,
+							      const nfs4_stateid *stateid));
 void nfs_inode_return_delegation_noreclaim(struct inode *inode);
 
 struct inode *nfs_delegation_find_inode(struct nfs_client *clp, const struct nfs_fh *fhandle);