diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
index 5196bfa7894d..9b61c80a93e9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs42proc.c
@@ -283,14 +283,14 @@ static ssize_t _nfs42_proc_copy(struct file *src,
 		status = handle_async_copy(res, server, src, dst,
 				&args->src_stateid);
 		if (status)
-			return status;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	if ((!res->synchronous || !args->sync) &&
 			res->write_res.verifier.committed != NFS_FILE_SYNC) {
 		status = process_copy_commit(dst, pos_dst, res);
 		if (status)
-			return status;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	truncate_pagecache_range(dst_inode, pos_dst,