diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index 544e772..85fde93 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -421,11 +421,11 @@ nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 ds_idx,
 			mirror->mirror_ds->ds_versions[0].wsize = max_payload;
 		goto out;
 	}
+out_fail:
 	ff_layout_track_ds_error(FF_LAYOUT_FROM_HDR(lseg->pls_layout),
 				 mirror, lseg->pls_range.offset,
 				 lseg->pls_range.length, NFS4ERR_NXIO,
 				 OP_ILLEGAL, GFP_NOIO);
-out_fail:
 	if (fail_return || !ff_layout_has_available_ds(lseg))
 		pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(ino, lseg);
 	ds = NULL;