diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
index 0b3ffa9840c20e0530ee4f9de9aa423cb813fc52..4d4760e687c351a3dead64752d67ec7ce622a1c7 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
@@ -419,9 +419,9 @@ static int do_probe_callback(void *data)
 out_release_client:
 	rpc_shutdown_client(client);
 out_err:
-	put_nfs4_client(clp);
 	dprintk("NFSD: warning: no callback path to client %.*s\n",
 		(int)clp->cl_name.len, clp->cl_name.data);
+	put_nfs4_client(clp);
 	return status;
 }