diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index e79ae4cbc395e2c5218444810de7f06f0628a1be..ba117592a95b92113231624503107cd44c5095e4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ static ssize_t __nfs4_copy_file_range(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in,
 	ret = nfs42_proc_copy(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, count,
 				nss, cnrs, sync);
 out:
-	if (!nfs42_files_from_same_server(file_in, file_out))
-		kfree(cn_resp);
+	kfree(cn_resp);
+
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 		goto retry;
 	return ret;