diff --git a/fs/orangefs/dir.c b/fs/orangefs/dir.c
index f30b6ecacdd19595cca35f8a6711eaedc3c0ef04..ba7dec40771e6d902e43551efcba9f528034faf1 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/dir.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int orangefs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 	if (ret == -EIO && op_state_purged(new_op)) {
 		gossip_err("%s: Client is down. Aborting readdir call.\n",
 			__func__);
-		goto out_slot;
+		goto out_free_op;
 	}
 
 	if (ret < 0 || new_op->downcall.status != 0) {
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ static int orangefs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 			     new_op->downcall.status);
 		if (ret >= 0)
 			ret = new_op->downcall.status;
-		goto out_slot;
+		goto out_free_op;
 	}
 
 	dents_buf = new_op->downcall.trailer_buf;
 	if (dents_buf == NULL) {
 		gossip_err("Invalid NULL buffer in readdir response\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_slot;
+		goto out_free_op;
 	}
 
 	bytes_decoded = decode_dirents(dents_buf, new_op->downcall.trailer_size,
@@ -363,8 +363,6 @@ static int orangefs_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
 out_vfree:
 	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_DIR_DEBUG, "vfree %p\n", dents_buf);
 	vfree(dents_buf);
-out_slot:
-	orangefs_readdir_index_put(buffer_index);
 out_free_op:
 	op_release(new_op);
 	gossip_debug(GOSSIP_DIR_DEBUG, "orangefs_readdir returning %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/protocol.h b/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
index 45ce4ff4cbc79b6c9a1d324a7e0794ce2b94ddfc..50578a28bd9ea64976cfeb59182b0ae21b038384 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ enum {
  * space. Zero signifies the upstream version of the kernel module.
  */
 #define ORANGEFS_KERNEL_PROTO_VERSION 0
-#define ORANGEFS_MINIMUM_USERSPACE_VERSION 20904
+#define ORANGEFS_MINIMUM_USERSPACE_VERSION 20903
 
 /*
  * describes memory regions to map in the ORANGEFS_DEV_MAP ioctl.