diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
index 6904213a4363..ebf90e487c75 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid(struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	BUG_ON(!ls->ls_file);
 
 	if (nfsd4_layout_setlease(ls)) {
+		fput(ls->ls_file);
 		put_nfs4_file(fp);
 		kmem_cache_free(nfs4_layout_stateid_cache, ls);
 		return NULL;