diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 3035187..04f449c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1362,6 +1362,12 @@
 			case -ENOMEM:
 				err = 0;
 				goto out;
+			case -NFS4ERR_DELAY:
+			case -NFS4ERR_GRACE:
+				set_bit(NFS_DELEGATED_STATE, &state->flags);
+				ssleep(1);
+				err = -EAGAIN;
+				goto out;
 		}
 		err = nfs4_handle_exception(server, err, &exception);
 	} while (exception.retry);