diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
index 6b36279e428850ee6fc96e49e2997a2a5679dc3c..f4b97323397779a455be2464496a3a6d237f62b6 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/svc_rdma_transport.c
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ 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;
 	default: