diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a7e1fffb9049..e71607f337a1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ec8acac84aea4245ae2cc999d56a68f0302cc847
+refs/heads/master: ac94bf582529343bb7f354d0eef6dc4e566bbbd5
diff --git a/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c b/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
index 874a56a0801c..a4686326b5ae 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
@@ -761,8 +761,10 @@ static void _nfsd4_cb_recall(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 		.rpc_cred = callback_cred
 	};
 
-	if (clnt == NULL)
+	if (clnt == NULL) {
+		nfs4_put_delegation(dp);
 		return; /* Client is shutting down; give up. */
+	}
 
 	args->args_op = dp;
 	msg.rpc_argp = args;