diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 21497321a525fb8ec846d5e3da117a2179a4cad4..4810577347cf1fa19df202b488e74af994aa0876 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -2070,16 +2070,12 @@ nfs4_preprocess_stateid_op(struct svc_fh *current_fh, stateid_t *stateid, int fl
 	if (!stateid->si_fileid) { /* delegation stateid */
 		if(!(dp = find_delegation_stateid(ino, stateid))) {
 			dprintk("NFSD: delegation stateid not found\n");
-			if (nfs4_in_grace())
-				status = nfserr_grace;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		stidp = &dp->dl_stateid;
 	} else { /* open or lock stateid */
 		if (!(stp = find_stateid(stateid, flags))) {
 			dprintk("NFSD: open or lock stateid not found\n");
-			if (nfs4_in_grace())
-				status = nfserr_grace;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		if ((flags & CHECK_FH) && nfs4_check_fh(current_fh, stp))