diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 17f036b23a965e2eca4c32662a784f880d753e49..4bf8b5ad1675a34ab7e0d482071b397be7844966 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ static int rdma_cma_handler(struct rdma_cm_id *cma_id,
 		if (xprt) {
 			set_bit(XPT_CLOSE, &xprt->xpt_flags);
 			svc_xprt_enqueue(xprt);
+			svc_xprt_put(xprt);
 		}
 		break;
 	case RDMA_CM_EVENT_DEVICE_REMOVAL: