enum pnfs_try_status trypnfs;
 
        trypnfs = pnfs_try_to_read_data(hdr, call_ops, lseg);
-       if (trypnfs == PNFS_TRY_AGAIN)
-               pnfs_read_resend_pnfs(hdr);
-       if (trypnfs == PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED || hdr->task.tk_status)
+       switch (trypnfs) {
+       case PNFS_NOT_ATTEMPTED:
                pnfs_read_through_mds(desc, hdr);
+       case PNFS_ATTEMPTED:
+               break;
+       case PNFS_TRY_AGAIN:
+               /* cleanup hdr and prepare to redo pnfs */
+               if (!test_and_set_bit(NFS_IOHDR_REDO, &hdr->flags)) {
+                       struct nfs_pgio_mirror *mirror = nfs_pgio_current_mirror(desc);
+                       list_splice_init(&hdr->pages, &mirror->pg_list);
+                       mirror->pg_recoalesce = 1;
+               }
+               hdr->mds_ops->rpc_release(hdr);
+       }
 }
 
 static void pnfs_readhdr_free(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)