diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
index 953daa44a282..706ad10b8186 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4client.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ int nfs41_walk_client_list(struct nfs_client *new,
 			prev = pos;
 
 			status = nfs_wait_client_init_complete(pos);
-			if (status == 0) {
+			if (pos->cl_cons_state == NFS_CS_SESSION_INITING) {
 				nfs4_schedule_lease_recovery(pos);
 				status = nfs4_wait_clnt_recover(pos);
 			}