diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index eae83bf96c6d..655237fc46df 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6129,11 +6129,13 @@ static struct page **nfs4_alloc_pages(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 static void nfs4_layoutget_release(void *calldata)
 {
 	struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp = calldata;
-	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(lgp->args.inode);
+	struct inode *inode = lgp->args.inode;
+	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
 	size_t max_pages = max_response_pages(server);
 
 	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);
 	nfs4_free_pages(lgp->args.layout.pages, max_pages);
+	pnfs_put_layout_hdr(NFS_I(inode)->layout);
 	put_nfs_open_context(lgp->args.ctx);
 	kfree(calldata);
 	dprintk("<-- %s\n", __func__);
@@ -6148,7 +6150,8 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs4_layoutget_call_ops = {
 struct pnfs_layout_segment *
 nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(lgp->args.inode);
+	struct inode *inode = lgp->args.inode;
+	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
 	size_t max_pages = max_response_pages(server);
 	struct rpc_task *task;
 	struct rpc_message msg = {
@@ -6178,6 +6181,10 @@ nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 	lgp->res.layoutp = &lgp->args.layout;
 	lgp->res.seq_res.sr_slot = NULL;
 	nfs41_init_sequence(&lgp->args.seq_args, &lgp->res.seq_res, 0);
+
+	/* nfs4_layoutget_release calls pnfs_put_layout_hdr */
+	pnfs_get_layout_hdr(NFS_I(inode)->layout);
+
 	task = rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data);
 	if (IS_ERR(task))
 		return ERR_CAST(task);