diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
index 943aeea1eb16..1d1d7abc3205 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
@@ -580,6 +580,8 @@ bl_find_get_deviceid(struct nfs_server *server,
 		nfs4_delete_deviceid(node->ld, node->nfs_client, id);
 		goto retry;
 	}
+
+	nfs4_put_deviceid_node(node);
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }