diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index de97567795a5..27fe63b502d5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -8036,7 +8036,10 @@ nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, long *timeout, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 		.flags = RPC_TASK_ASYNC,
 	};
 	struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg = NULL;
-	struct nfs4_exception exception = { .timeout = *timeout };
+	struct nfs4_exception exception = {
+		.inode = inode,
+		.timeout = *timeout,
+	};
 	int status = 0;
 
 	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);