diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
index 367f8eb19bfa..c9230fecc77e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ static int filelayout_async_handle_error(struct rpc_task *task,
 			task->tk_status);
 		nfs4_mark_deviceid_unavailable(devid);
 		pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(inode, lseg);
-		pnfs_set_lo_fail(lseg);
 		rpc_wake_up(&tbl->slot_tbl_waitq);
 		/* fall through */
 	default:
+		pnfs_set_lo_fail(lseg);
 reset:
 		dprintk("%s Retry through MDS. Error %d\n", __func__,
 			task->tk_status);