diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
index ee8e701..3f073a7 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
@@ -1148,6 +1148,7 @@
 	err = ff_layout_track_ds_error(FF_LAYOUT_FROM_HDR(lseg->pls_layout),
 				       mirror, offset, length, status, opnum,
 				       GFP_NOIO);
+	pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode, lseg);
 	dprintk("%s: err %d op %d status %u\n", __func__, err, opnum, status);
 }
 
@@ -1156,7 +1157,6 @@
 static int ff_layout_read_done_cb(struct rpc_task *task,
 				struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 
 	trace_nfs4_pnfs_read(hdr, task->tk_status);
@@ -1176,8 +1176,6 @@
 		pnfs_read_resend_pnfs(hdr);
 		return task->tk_status;
 	case -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_MDS:
-		inode = hdr->lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode;
-		pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(inode, hdr->lseg);
 		ff_layout_reset_read(hdr);
 		return task->tk_status;
 	case -EAGAIN:
@@ -1330,7 +1328,6 @@
 static int ff_layout_write_done_cb(struct rpc_task *task,
 				struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 
 	trace_nfs4_pnfs_write(hdr, task->tk_status);
@@ -1346,8 +1343,6 @@
 	switch (err) {
 	case -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_PNFS:
 	case -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_MDS:
-		inode = hdr->lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode;
-		pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(inode, hdr->lseg);
 		if (err == -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_PNFS) {
 			pnfs_set_retry_layoutget(hdr->lseg->pls_layout);
 			ff_layout_reset_write(hdr, true);
@@ -1376,7 +1371,6 @@
 static int ff_layout_commit_done_cb(struct rpc_task *task,
 				     struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
 	int err;
 
 	trace_nfs4_pnfs_commit_ds(data, task->tk_status);
@@ -1391,8 +1385,6 @@
 	switch (err) {
 	case -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_PNFS:
 	case -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_MDS:
-		inode = data->lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode;
-		pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(inode, data->lseg);
 		if (err == -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_PNFS)
 			pnfs_set_retry_layoutget(data->lseg->pls_layout);
 		else