diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 55e1e3af23a3..d689ea37be84 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3355,6 +3355,8 @@ static int nfs4_proc_lookup_common(struct rpc_clnt **clnt, struct inode *dir,
 			goto out;
 		case -NFS4ERR_MOVED:
 			err = nfs4_get_referral(client, dir, name, fattr, fhandle);
+			if (err == -NFS4ERR_MOVED)
+				err = nfs4_handle_exception(NFS_SERVER(dir), err, &exception);
 			goto out;
 		case -NFS4ERR_WRONGSEC:
 			err = -EPERM;