diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
index ddbbf4fcda86..178001c90156 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_dev.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ nfs4_get_device_info(struct nfs_server *server,
 		set_bit(NFS_DEVICEID_NOCACHE, &d->flags);
 
 out_free_pages:
-	for (i = 0; i < max_pages; i++)
+	while (--i >= 0)
 		__free_page(pages[i]);
 	kfree(pages);
 out_free_pdev: