diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
index 627a87a71f8b..2b353472364f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c
@@ -2805,6 +2805,7 @@ int rpc_clnt_add_xprt(struct rpc_clnt *clnt,
 	xprt = xprt_iter_xprt(&clnt->cl_xpi);
 	if (xps == NULL || xprt == NULL) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
+		xprt_switch_put(xps);
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 	resvport = xprt->resvport;