diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index cf252dfd91f8..eae83bf96c6d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6184,7 +6184,8 @@ nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 	status = nfs4_wait_for_completion_rpc_task(task);
 	if (status == 0)
 		status = task->tk_status;
-	if (status == 0)
+	/* if layoutp->len is 0, nfs4_layoutget_prepare called rpc_exit */
+	if (status == 0 && lgp->res.layoutp->len)
 		lseg = pnfs_layout_process(lgp);
 	rpc_put_task(task);
 	dprintk("<-- %s status=%d\n", __func__, status);