diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 8dd61eb86f6f..acd20c549ce2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1317,7 +1317,8 @@ _nfs4_opendata_reclaim_to_nfs4_state(struct nfs4_opendata *data)
 	struct nfs4_state *state = data->state;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!data->rpc_done) {
+	/* allow cached opens (!rpc_done && !rpc_status) */
+	if (!data->rpc_done && data->rpc_status) {
 		ret = data->rpc_status;
 		goto err;
 	}