1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index eb370460ce20..add0e5a70bd6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 ds_idx,
                                 pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(ino, lseg);
                 } else
                         pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(ino, lseg);
+                ds = NULL;
+                goto out;
         }
 out_update_creds:
         if (ff_layout_update_mirror_cred(mirror, ds))