diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 7c5f519c070e..30e44b33040a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3488,10 +3488,8 @@ static void nfs4_close_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *data)
 	trace_nfs4_close(state, &calldata->arg, &calldata->res, task->tk_status);
 
 	/* Handle Layoutreturn errors */
-	if (pnfs_roc_done(task, calldata->inode,
-				&calldata->arg.lr_args,
-				&calldata->res.lr_res,
-				&calldata->res.lr_ret) == -EAGAIN)
+	if (pnfs_roc_done(task, &calldata->arg.lr_args, &calldata->res.lr_res,
+			  &calldata->res.lr_ret) == -EAGAIN)
 		goto out_restart;
 
 	/* hmm. we are done with the inode, and in the process of freeing
@@ -6238,10 +6236,8 @@ static void nfs4_delegreturn_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 	trace_nfs4_delegreturn_exit(&data->args, &data->res, task->tk_status);
 
 	/* Handle Layoutreturn errors */
-	if (pnfs_roc_done(task, data->inode,
-				&data->args.lr_args,
-				&data->res.lr_res,
-				&data->res.lr_ret) == -EAGAIN)
+	if (pnfs_roc_done(task, &data->args.lr_args, &data->res.lr_res,
+			  &data->res.lr_ret) == -EAGAIN)
 		goto out_restart;
 
 	switch (task->tk_status) {
@@ -6290,10 +6286,10 @@ static void nfs4_delegreturn_release(void *calldata)
 	struct nfs4_delegreturndata *data = calldata;
 	struct inode *inode = data->inode;
 
+	if (data->lr.roc)
+		pnfs_roc_release(&data->lr.arg, &data->lr.res,
+				 data->res.lr_ret);
 	if (inode) {
-		if (data->lr.roc)
-			pnfs_roc_release(&data->lr.arg, &data->lr.res,
-					data->res.lr_ret);
 		nfs_post_op_update_inode_force_wcc(inode, &data->fattr);
 		nfs_iput_and_deactive(inode);
 	}
@@ -6368,16 +6364,14 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_delegreturn(struct inode *inode, const struct cred *cred,
 	nfs_fattr_init(data->res.fattr);
 	data->timestamp = jiffies;
 	data->rpc_status = 0;
-	data->lr.roc = pnfs_roc(inode, &data->lr.arg, &data->lr.res, cred);
 	data->inode = nfs_igrab_and_active(inode);
-	if (data->inode) {
+	if (data->inode || issync) {
+		data->lr.roc = pnfs_roc(inode, &data->lr.arg, &data->lr.res,
+					cred);
 		if (data->lr.roc) {
 			data->args.lr_args = &data->lr.arg;
 			data->res.lr_res = &data->lr.res;
 		}
-	} else if (data->lr.roc) {
-		pnfs_roc_release(&data->lr.arg, &data->lr.res, 0);
-		data->lr.roc = false;
 	}
 
 	task_setup_data.callback_data = data;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 9fd115c4d0a2..a51bb89772ff 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1475,10 +1475,8 @@ out_noroc:
 	return false;
 }
 
-int pnfs_roc_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct inode *inode,
-		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_args **argpp,
-		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_res **respp,
-		int *ret)
+int pnfs_roc_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs4_layoutreturn_args **argpp,
+		  struct nfs4_layoutreturn_res **respp, int *ret)
 {
 	struct nfs4_layoutreturn_args *arg = *argpp;
 	int retval = -EAGAIN;
@@ -1511,7 +1509,7 @@ int pnfs_roc_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct inode *inode,
 		return 0;
 	case -NFS4ERR_OLD_STATEID:
 		if (!nfs4_layout_refresh_old_stateid(&arg->stateid,
-					&arg->range, inode))
+						     &arg->range, arg->inode))
 			break;
 		*ret = -NFS4ERR_NOMATCHING_LAYOUT;
 		return -EAGAIN;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 63da33a92d83..3d55edd6b25a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -283,10 +283,8 @@ bool pnfs_roc(struct inode *ino,
 		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_args *args,
 		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_res *res,
 		const struct cred *cred);
-int pnfs_roc_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct inode *inode,
-		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_args **argpp,
-		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_res **respp,
-		int *ret);
+int pnfs_roc_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct nfs4_layoutreturn_args **argpp,
+		  struct nfs4_layoutreturn_res **respp, int *ret);
 void pnfs_roc_release(struct nfs4_layoutreturn_args *args,
 		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_res *res,
 		int ret);
@@ -711,7 +709,7 @@ pnfs_roc(struct inode *ino,
 }
 
 static inline int
-pnfs_roc_done(struct rpc_task *task, struct inode *inode,
+pnfs_roc_done(struct rpc_task *task,
 		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_args **argpp,
 		struct nfs4_layoutreturn_res **respp,
 		int *ret)