diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 56e423c..5b9145c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1915,6 +1915,7 @@ pnfs_update_layout(struct inode *ino,
 	 * stateid.
 	 */
 	if (test_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_INVALID_STID, &lo->plh_flags)) {
+		int status;
 
 		/*
 		 * The first layoutget for the file. Need to serialize per
@@ -1934,13 +1935,20 @@ pnfs_update_layout(struct inode *ino,
 		}
 
 		first = true;
-		if (nfs4_select_rw_stateid(ctx->state,
+		status = nfs4_select_rw_stateid(ctx->state,
 					iomode == IOMODE_RW ? FMODE_WRITE : FMODE_READ,
-					NULL, &stateid, NULL) != 0) {
+					NULL, &stateid, NULL);
+		if (status != 0) {
 			trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count,
 					iomode, lo, lseg,
 					PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_INVALID_OPEN);
-			goto out_unlock;
+			if (status != -EAGAIN)
+				goto out_unlock;
+			spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
+			nfs4_schedule_stateid_recovery(server, ctx->state);
+			pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(lo);
+			pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
+			goto lookup_again;
 		}
 	} else {
 		nfs4_stateid_copy(&stateid, &lo->plh_stateid);