diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 0c7e0d4..f619139 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1290,6 +1290,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lo->plh_bulk_destroy);
 	lo->plh_inode = ino;
 	lo->plh_lc_cred = get_rpccred(ctx->cred);
+	lo->plh_flags |= 1 << NFS_LAYOUT_INVALID_STID;
 	return lo;
 }
 
@@ -1565,8 +1566,7 @@
 	 * 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)) {
+	if (test_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_INVALID_STID, &lo->plh_flags)) {
 
 		/*
 		 * The first layoutget for the file. Need to serialize per