diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
index 3feb38e818ab..77dfc5a6a011 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ static void nfs4_free_stid(struct kmem_cache *slab, struct nfs4_stid *s)
 void
 nfs4_put_delegation(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 {
+	remove_stid(&dp->dl_stid);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&dp->dl_count)) {
 		nfs4_free_stid(deleg_slab, &dp->dl_stid);
 		num_delegations--;
@@ -450,14 +451,12 @@ unhash_delegation(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 static void destroy_revoked_delegation(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 {
 	list_del_init(&dp->dl_recall_lru);
-	remove_stid(&dp->dl_stid);
 	nfs4_put_delegation(dp);
 }
 
 static void destroy_delegation(struct nfs4_delegation *dp)
 {
 	unhash_delegation(dp);
-	remove_stid(&dp->dl_stid);
 	nfs4_put_delegation(dp);
 }
 
@@ -3159,7 +3158,6 @@ nfs4_open_delegation(struct net *net, struct svc_fh *fh,
 	open->op_delegate_type = NFS4_OPEN_DELEGATE_READ;
 	return;
 out_free:
-	remove_stid(&dp->dl_stid);
 	nfs4_put_delegation(dp);
 out_no_deleg:
 	open->op_delegate_type = NFS4_OPEN_DELEGATE_NONE;