diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 09ae1a0873d0..070e5dd03e26 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -793,7 +793,10 @@ static ssize_t __write_ports_addxprt(char *buf, struct net *net, const struct cr
 		svc_xprt_put(xprt);
 	}
 out_err:
-	nfsd_destroy(net);
+	if (!list_empty(&nn->nfsd_serv->sv_permsocks))
+		nn->nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads--;
+	 else
+		nfsd_destroy(net);
 	return err;
 }