diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
index b34f2e228601..02ec07973bc4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
@@ -629,23 +629,18 @@ out_put:
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static void filelayout_free_fh_array(struct nfs4_filelayout_segment *fl)
+static void _filelayout_free_lseg(struct nfs4_filelayout_segment *fl)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < fl->num_fh; i++) {
-		if (!fl->fh_array[i])
-			break;
-		kfree(fl->fh_array[i]);
+	if (fl->fh_array) {
+		for (i = 0; i < fl->num_fh; i++) {
+			if (!fl->fh_array[i])
+				break;
+			kfree(fl->fh_array[i]);
+		}
+		kfree(fl->fh_array);
 	}
-	kfree(fl->fh_array);
-	fl->fh_array = NULL;
-}
-
-static void
-_filelayout_free_lseg(struct nfs4_filelayout_segment *fl)
-{
-	filelayout_free_fh_array(fl);
 	kfree(fl);
 }
 
@@ -716,21 +711,21 @@ filelayout_decode_layout(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *flo,
 		/* Do we want to use a mempool here? */
 		fl->fh_array[i] = kmalloc(sizeof(struct nfs_fh), gfp_flags);
 		if (!fl->fh_array[i])
-			goto out_err_free;
+			goto out_err;
 
 		p = xdr_inline_decode(&stream, 4);
 		if (unlikely(!p))
-			goto out_err_free;
+			goto out_err;
 		fl->fh_array[i]->size = be32_to_cpup(p++);
 		if (sizeof(struct nfs_fh) < fl->fh_array[i]->size) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "NFS: Too big fh %d received %d\n",
 			       i, fl->fh_array[i]->size);
-			goto out_err_free;
+			goto out_err;
 		}
 
 		p = xdr_inline_decode(&stream, fl->fh_array[i]->size);
 		if (unlikely(!p))
-			goto out_err_free;
+			goto out_err;
 		memcpy(fl->fh_array[i]->data, p, fl->fh_array[i]->size);
 		dprintk("DEBUG: %s: fh len %d\n", __func__,
 			fl->fh_array[i]->size);
@@ -739,8 +734,6 @@ filelayout_decode_layout(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *flo,
 	__free_page(scratch);
 	return 0;
 
-out_err_free:
-	filelayout_free_fh_array(fl);
 out_err:
 	__free_page(scratch);
 	return -EIO;