diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 4d20125e982a0..c0c2612f14af4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -966,10 +966,8 @@ void
 pnfs_set_layout_stateid(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo, const nfs4_stateid *new,
 			const struct cred *cred, bool update_barrier)
 {
-	u32 oldseq, newseq, new_barrier = 0;
-
-	oldseq = be32_to_cpu(lo->plh_stateid.seqid);
-	newseq = be32_to_cpu(new->seqid);
+	u32 oldseq = be32_to_cpu(lo->plh_stateid.seqid);
+	u32 newseq = be32_to_cpu(new->seqid);
 
 	if (!pnfs_layout_is_valid(lo)) {
 		pnfs_set_layout_cred(lo, cred);
@@ -979,19 +977,21 @@ pnfs_set_layout_stateid(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo, const nfs4_stateid *new,
 		clear_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_INVALID_STID, &lo->plh_flags);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (pnfs_seqid_is_newer(newseq, oldseq)) {
+
+	if (pnfs_seqid_is_newer(newseq, oldseq))
 		nfs4_stateid_copy(&lo->plh_stateid, new);
-		/*
-		 * Because of wraparound, we want to keep the barrier
-		 * "close" to the current seqids.
-		 */
-		new_barrier = newseq - atomic_read(&lo->plh_outstanding);
-	}
-	if (update_barrier)
-		new_barrier = be32_to_cpu(new->seqid);
-	else if (new_barrier == 0)
+
+	if (update_barrier) {
+		pnfs_barrier_update(lo, newseq);
 		return;
-	pnfs_barrier_update(lo, new_barrier);
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Because of wraparound, we want to keep the barrier
+	 * "close" to the current seqids. We really only want to
+	 * get here from a layoutget call.
+	 */
+	if (atomic_read(&lo->plh_outstanding) == 1)
+		 pnfs_barrier_update(lo, be32_to_cpu(lo->plh_stateid.seqid));
 }
 
 static bool