diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
index 06cb0c1d9aee..a2bca78b80ab 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
@@ -604,6 +604,8 @@ retry:
 		nfs4_delete_deviceid(node->ld, node->nfs_client, id);
 		goto retry;
 	}
+
+	nfs4_put_deviceid_node(node);
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }