diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index 51c1909..af9bf9e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@
 		__func__, data->inode->i_ino,
 		data->args.pgbase, (size_t)data->args.count, offset);
 
+	if (test_bit(NFS_DEVICEID_INVALID, &FILELAYOUT_DEVID_NODE(lseg)->flags))
+		return PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED;
+
 	/* Retrieve the correct rpc_client for the byte range */
 	j = nfs4_fl_calc_j_index(lseg, offset);
 	idx = nfs4_fl_calc_ds_index(lseg, j);
@@ -373,6 +376,9 @@
 	struct nfs_fh *fh;
 	int status;
 
+	if (test_bit(NFS_DEVICEID_INVALID, &FILELAYOUT_DEVID_NODE(lseg)->flags))
+		return PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED;
+
 	/* Retrieve the correct rpc_client for the byte range */
 	j = nfs4_fl_calc_j_index(lseg, offset);
 	idx = nfs4_fl_calc_ds_index(lseg, j);
@@ -456,6 +462,10 @@
 			goto out;
 	} else
 		dsaddr = container_of(d, struct nfs4_file_layout_dsaddr, id_node);
+	/* Found deviceid is being reaped */
+	if (test_bit(NFS_DEVICEID_INVALID, &dsaddr->id_node.flags))
+			goto out_put;
+
 	fl->dsaddr = dsaddr;
 
 	if (fl->first_stripe_index < 0 ||
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
index 68cce73..2e42284 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.h
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
 			    generic_hdr);
 }
 
+static inline struct nfs4_deviceid_node *
+FILELAYOUT_DEVID_NODE(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
+{
+	return &FILELAYOUT_LSEG(lseg)->dsaddr->id_node;
+}
+
 extern struct nfs_fh *
 nfs4_fl_select_ds_fh(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 j);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 5fc2e5d..5b3cc3f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -452,6 +452,9 @@
 	struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo;
 	LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
 
+	nfs4_deviceid_mark_client_invalid(clp);
+	nfs4_deviceid_purge_client(clp);
+
 	spin_lock(&clp->cl_lock);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(server, &clp->cl_superblocks, client_link) {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 678c4c7..a59736e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -192,12 +192,20 @@
 					       enum pnfs_iomode iomode,
 					       gfp_t gfp_flags);
 
+void nfs4_deviceid_mark_client_invalid(struct nfs_client *clp);
+
+/* nfs4_deviceid_flags */
+enum {
+	NFS_DEVICEID_INVALID = 0,       /* set when MDS clientid recalled */
+};
+
 /* pnfs_dev.c */
 struct nfs4_deviceid_node {
 	struct hlist_node		node;
 	struct hlist_node		tmpnode;
 	const struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld;
 	const struct nfs_client		*nfs_client;
+	unsigned long 			flags;
 	struct nfs4_deviceid		deviceid;
 	atomic_t			ref;
 };
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
index fb9498d..6fda522 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&d->tmpnode);
 	d->ld = ld;
 	d->nfs_client = nfs_client;
+	d->flags = 0;
 	d->deviceid = *id;
 	atomic_set(&d->ref, 1);
 }
@@ -253,3 +254,22 @@
 	for (h = 0; h < NFS4_DEVICE_ID_HASH_SIZE; h++)
 		_deviceid_purge_client(clp, h);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Stop use of all deviceids associated with an nfs_client
+ */
+void
+nfs4_deviceid_mark_client_invalid(struct nfs_client *clp)
+{
+	struct nfs4_deviceid_node *d;
+	struct hlist_node *n;
+	int i;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for (i = 0; i < NFS4_DEVICE_ID_HASH_SIZE; i ++){
+		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(d, n, &nfs4_deviceid_cache[i], node)
+			if (d->nfs_client == clp)
+				set_bit(NFS_DEVICEID_INVALID, &d->flags);
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}