might_sleep();
 
-       res = wait_on_bit(&clp->cl_state, NFS4CLNT_STATE_RECOVER,
+       res = wait_on_bit(&clp->cl_state, NFS4CLNT_MANAGER_RUNNING,
                        nfs4_wait_bit_killable, TASK_KILLABLE);
        return res;
 }
                case -NFS4ERR_EXPIRED:
                        rpc_sleep_on(&clp->cl_rpcwaitq, task, NULL);
                        nfs4_schedule_state_recovery(clp);
-                       if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_STATE_RECOVER, &clp->cl_state) == 0)
+                       if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_MANAGER_RUNNING, &clp->cl_state) == 0)
                                rpc_wake_up_queued_task(&clp->cl_rpcwaitq, task);
                        task->tk_status = 0;
                        return -EAGAIN;
 
        return status;
 }
 
-static int reclaimer(void *);
+static int nfs4_run_state_manager(void *);
 
-static inline void nfs4_clear_recover_bit(struct nfs_client *clp)
+static void nfs4_clear_state_manager_bit(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
        smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
-       clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_STATE_RECOVER, &clp->cl_state);
+       clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_MANAGER_RUNNING, &clp->cl_state);
        smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
-       wake_up_bit(&clp->cl_state, NFS4CLNT_STATE_RECOVER);
+       wake_up_bit(&clp->cl_state, NFS4CLNT_MANAGER_RUNNING);
        rpc_wake_up(&clp->cl_rpcwaitq);
 }
 
 /*
- * State recovery routine
+ * Schedule the nfs_client asynchronous state management routine
  */
-static void nfs4_recover_state(struct nfs_client *clp)
+static void nfs4_schedule_state_manager(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
        struct task_struct *task;
 
+       if (test_and_set_bit(NFS4CLNT_MANAGER_RUNNING, &clp->cl_state) != 0)
+               return;
        __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
        atomic_inc(&clp->cl_count);
-       task = kthread_run(reclaimer, clp, "%s-reclaim",
+       task = kthread_run(nfs4_run_state_manager, clp, "%s-manager",
                                rpc_peeraddr2str(clp->cl_rpcclient,
                                                        RPC_DISPLAY_ADDR));
        if (!IS_ERR(task))
                return;
-       nfs4_clear_recover_bit(clp);
+       nfs4_clear_state_manager_bit(clp);
        nfs_put_client(clp);
        module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
                return;
        if (!test_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_EXPIRED, &clp->cl_state))
                set_bit(NFS4CLNT_CHECK_LEASE, &clp->cl_state);
-       if (test_and_set_bit(NFS4CLNT_STATE_RECOVER, &clp->cl_state) == 0)
-               nfs4_recover_state(clp);
+       nfs4_schedule_state_manager(clp);
 }
 
 static int nfs4_state_mark_reclaim_reboot(struct nfs_client *clp, struct nfs4_state *state)
        return status;
 }
 
-static int reclaimer(void *ptr)
+static void nfs4_state_manager(struct nfs_client *clp)
 {
-       struct nfs_client *clp = ptr;
        int status = 0;
 
-       allow_signal(SIGKILL);
-
        /* Ensure exclusive access to NFSv4 state */
        while (!list_empty(&clp->cl_superblocks)) {
                if (test_and_clear_bit(NFS4CLNT_LEASE_EXPIRED, &clp->cl_state)) {
                        nfs_client_return_marked_delegations(clp);
                        continue;
                }
+
+               nfs4_clear_state_manager_bit(clp);
                break;
        }
-out:
-       nfs4_clear_recover_bit(clp);
-       nfs_put_client(clp);
-       module_put_and_exit(0);
-       return 0;
+       return;
 out_error:
-       printk(KERN_WARNING "Error: state recovery failed on NFSv4 server %s"
+       printk(KERN_WARNING "Error: state manager failed on NFSv4 server %s"
                        " with error %d\n", clp->cl_hostname, -status);
        if (test_bit(NFS4CLNT_RECLAIM_REBOOT, &clp->cl_state))
                nfs4_state_end_reclaim_reboot(clp);
-       goto out;
+       nfs4_clear_state_manager_bit(clp);
+}
+
+static int nfs4_run_state_manager(void *ptr)
+{
+       struct nfs_client *clp = ptr;
+
+       allow_signal(SIGKILL);
+       nfs4_state_manager(clp);
+       nfs_put_client(clp);
+       module_put_and_exit(0);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /*