diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 31e6d4d6837536..62637ead0dc58b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -8376,6 +8376,7 @@ nfsd4_deleg_getattr_conflict(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct inode *inode)
 				return 0;
 			}
 			spin_unlock(&ctx->flc_lock);
+			nfsd_stats_wdeleg_getattr_inc();
 			status = nfserrno(nfsd_open_break_lease(inode, NFSD_MAY_READ));
 			if (status != nfserr_jukebox)
 				return status;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/stats.c b/fs/nfsd/stats.c
index 777e24e5da33bd..63797635e1c328 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/stats.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/stats.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ static int nfsd_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 		seq_printf(seq, " %lld",
 			   percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nfsdstats.counter[NFSD_STATS_NFS4_OP(i)]));
 	}
+	seq_printf(seq, "\nwdeleg_getattr %lld",
+		percpu_counter_sum_positive(&nfsdstats.counter[NFSD_STATS_WDELEG_GETATTR]));
 
 	seq_putc(seq, '\n');
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/stats.h b/fs/nfsd/stats.h
index 9b43dc3d999139..e31bd3abdf07b6 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/stats.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/stats.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enum {
 	NFSD_STATS_FIRST_NFS4_OP,	/* count of individual nfsv4 operations */
 	NFSD_STATS_LAST_NFS4_OP = NFSD_STATS_FIRST_NFS4_OP + LAST_NFS4_OP,
 #define NFSD_STATS_NFS4_OP(op)	(NFSD_STATS_FIRST_NFS4_OP + (op))
+	NFSD_STATS_WDELEG_GETATTR,	/* count of getattr conflict with wdeleg */
 #endif
 	NFSD_STATS_COUNTERS_NUM
 };
@@ -93,4 +94,8 @@ static inline void nfsd_stats_drc_mem_usage_sub(struct nfsd_net *nn, s64 amount)
 	percpu_counter_sub(&nn->counter[NFSD_NET_DRC_MEM_USAGE], amount);
 }
 
+static inline void nfsd_stats_wdeleg_getattr_inc(void)
+{
+	percpu_counter_inc(&nfsdstats.counter[NFSD_STATS_WDELEG_GETATTR]);
+}
 #endif /* _NFSD_STATS_H */