diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
index 690221747b47..9f10b90debec 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);
 }