diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 926a75d6a4ed61ae71b5267a3793cb3a98aa56b0..e30df289e96103e2abf10051b4772c37ba0f10b8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6133,6 +6133,7 @@ static void nfs4_delegreturn_done(struct rpc_task *task, void *calldata)
 		/* Fallthrough */
 	case -NFS4ERR_BAD_STATEID:
 	case -NFS4ERR_STALE_STATEID:
+	case -ETIMEDOUT:
 		task->tk_status = 0;
 		break;
 	case -NFS4ERR_OLD_STATEID:
@@ -6221,7 +6222,7 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_delegreturn(struct inode *inode, struct rpc_cred *cred, co
 		.rpc_client = server->client,
 		.rpc_message = &msg,
 		.callback_ops = &nfs4_delegreturn_ops,
-		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC,
+		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC | RPC_TASK_TIMEOUT,
 	};
 	int status = 0;