diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index cea1e838efae8f9a163b47d3a70b4059f60eb4a4..adc6ec28d4b59d3181c76ca8f33a9fed25d68ce9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -2063,8 +2063,6 @@ void pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(struct inode *inode,
 		return;
 	}
 	pnfs_set_plh_return_info(lo, range.iomode, 0);
-	/* Block LAYOUTGET */
-	set_bit(NFS_LAYOUT_RETURN, &lo->plh_flags);
 	/*
 	 * mark all matching lsegs so that we are sure to have no live
 	 * segments at hand when sending layoutreturn. See pnfs_put_lseg()