diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
index 940cf7c..40028ac 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4state.c
@@ -1063,6 +1063,14 @@
 				/* Mark the file as being 'closed' */
 				state->state = 0;
 				break;
+			case -EKEYEXPIRED:
+				/*
+				 * User RPCSEC_GSS context has expired.
+				 * We cannot recover this stateid now, so
+				 * skip it and allow recovery thread to
+				 * proceed.
+				 */
+				break;
 			case -NFS4ERR_ADMIN_REVOKED:
 			case -NFS4ERR_STALE_STATEID:
 			case -NFS4ERR_BAD_STATEID:
@@ -1181,6 +1189,14 @@
 	nfs4_state_mark_reclaim_helper(clp, nfs4_state_mark_reclaim_nograce);
 }
 
+static void nfs4_warn_keyexpired(const char *s)
+{
+	printk_ratelimited(KERN_WARNING "Error: state manager"
+			" encountered RPCSEC_GSS session"
+			" expired against NFSv4 server %s.\n",
+			s);
+}
+
 static int nfs4_recovery_handle_error(struct nfs_client *clp, int error)
 {
 	switch (error) {
@@ -1210,6 +1226,10 @@
 			set_bit(NFS4CLNT_SESSION_RESET, &clp->cl_state);
 			/* Zero session reset errors */
 			return 0;
+		case -EKEYEXPIRED:
+			/* Nothing we can do */
+			nfs4_warn_keyexpired(clp->cl_hostname);
+			return 0;
 	}
 	return error;
 }
@@ -1420,9 +1440,10 @@
 		case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
 		case -NFS4ERR_CLID_INUSE:
 		case -EAGAIN:
-		case -EKEYEXPIRED:
 			break;
 
+		case -EKEYEXPIRED:
+			nfs4_warn_keyexpired(clp->cl_hostname);
 		case -NFS4ERR_NOT_SAME: /* FixMe: implement recovery
 					 * in nfs4_exchange_id */
 		default: