diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 037126a8c21622100bdeabdab692e65a2d297396..6151f39c82916551dfbdeae8a2604ad596ce58ac 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -943,7 +943,6 @@ pnfs_send_layoutreturn(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo, nfs4_stateid stateid,
 		status = -ENOMEM;
 		spin_lock(&ino->i_lock);
 		pnfs_clear_layoutreturn_waitbit(lo);
-		rpc_wake_up(&NFS_SERVER(ino)->roc_rpcwaitq);
 		spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 		pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
 		goto out;