diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index c1ad54b1096bd..471bfa273dade 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -2245,6 +2245,7 @@ static void _lgopen_prepare_attached(struct nfs4_opendata *data,
 					     &rng, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!lgp) {
 		pnfs_clear_first_layoutget(lo);
+		nfs_layoutget_end(lo);
 		pnfs_put_layout_hdr(lo);
 		return;
 	}