diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index e8329051dde0..4c5cc142562b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1698,7 +1698,15 @@ nfsd_rename(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *ffhp, char *fname, int flen,
 			.new_dir	= tdir,
 			.new_dentry	= ndentry,
 		};
-		host_err = vfs_rename(&rd);
+		int retries;
+
+		for (retries = 1;;) {
+			host_err = vfs_rename(&rd);
+			if (host_err != -EAGAIN || !retries--)
+				break;
+			if (!nfsd_wait_for_delegreturn(rqstp, d_inode(odentry)))
+				break;
+		}
 		if (!host_err) {
 			host_err = commit_metadata(tfhp);
 			if (!host_err)