diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 4d338be492cb..dd17713413a5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -5552,6 +5552,8 @@ static int nfs4_xdr_dec_delegreturn(struct rpc_rqst *rqstp, __be32 *p, struct nf
 	if (status != 0)
 		goto out;
 	status = decode_delegreturn(&xdr);
+	if (status != 0)
+		goto out;
 	decode_getfattr(&xdr, res->fattr, res->server,
 			!RPC_IS_ASYNC(rqstp->rq_task));
 out: