diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 7dc21a48e3e7..a142287d86f6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ int nfs_read_add_folio(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *pgio,
 	new = nfs_page_create_from_folio(ctx, folio, 0, aligned_len);
 	if (IS_ERR(new)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(new);
+		if (nfs_netfs_folio_unlock(folio))
+			folio_unlock(folio);
 		goto out;
 	}