diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 8f958228125277e66497ca50adf34274107befed..730d4dbbaf685ec0450c5a47543dde99c234af1a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -640,10 +640,10 @@ _pnfs_return_layout(struct inode *ino)
 		return status;
 	}
 	stateid = nfsi->layout->plh_stateid;
-	mark_matching_lsegs_invalid(lo, &tmp_list, NULL);
-	lo->plh_block_lgets++;
 	/* Reference matched in nfs4_layoutreturn_release */
 	get_layout_hdr(lo);
+	mark_matching_lsegs_invalid(lo, &tmp_list, NULL);
+	lo->plh_block_lgets++;
 	spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
 	pnfs_free_lseg_list(&tmp_list);