diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index b21eb48..cb99ac9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ pnfs_alloc_init_layoutget_args(struct inode *ino,
 	lgp->args.ctx = get_nfs_open_context(ctx);
 	nfs4_stateid_copy(&lgp->args.stateid, stateid);
 	lgp->gfp_flags = gfp_flags;
-	lgp->cred = get_cred(ctx->cred);
+	lgp->cred = ctx->cred;
 	return lgp;
 }
 
@@ -1084,7 +1084,6 @@ void pnfs_layoutget_free(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp)
 	nfs4_free_pages(lgp->args.layout.pages, max_pages);
 	if (lgp->args.inode)
 		pnfs_put_layout_hdr(NFS_I(lgp->args.inode)->layout);
-	put_cred(lgp->cred);
 	put_nfs_open_context(lgp->args.ctx);
 	kfree(lgp);
 }