diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 18c8d25fe608c23dd197505b179cb31d73b7cae7..26c1be5900c3963d8270cf69e978e0b8a8fd6f53 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -2138,6 +2138,7 @@ static void _lgopen_prepare_attached(struct nfs4_opendata *data,
 					     &rng, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lgp) {
 		pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(lo);
+		nfs_layoutget_end(lo);
 		pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
 		return;
 	}