diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index ecc151697fd4bd81288941848a4b6a76e7563a24..59bb574d7d7c4e976df207fbf4cdb3de4083d007 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -8490,6 +8490,7 @@ nfs4_layoutget_handle_exception(struct rpc_task *task,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	nfs4_sequence_free_slot(&lgp->res.seq_res);
 	err = nfs4_handle_exception(server, nfs4err, exception);
 	if (!status) {
 		if (exception->retry)