--- b2786a5f9afefaaea3573303339cd7154ad54bd7
+++ cc2f505999ac305a28640764a743df1c35e66c77
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ nlm_fopen(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct
 	exp_readlock();
 	nfserr = nfsd_open(rqstp, &fh, S_IFREG, NFSD_MAY_LOCK, filp);
 	fh_put(&fh);
-	rqstp->rq_client = NULL;
 	exp_readunlock();
  	/* We return nlm error codes as nlm doesn't know
 	 * about nfsd, but nfsd does know about nlm..