diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
index e79ae4cbc395..ba117592a95b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4file.c
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ retry:
 	ret = nfs42_proc_copy(file_in, pos_in, file_out, pos_out, count,
 				nss, cnrs, sync);
 out:
-	if (!nfs42_files_from_same_server(file_in, file_out))
-		kfree(cn_resp);
+	kfree(cn_resp);
+
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 		goto retry;
 	return ret;