diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 0471b6e0da16..2fe48982fbb4 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -1961,6 +1961,7 @@ lookup_again:
 	lo = pnfs_find_alloc_layout(ino, ctx, gfp_flags);
 	if (lo == NULL) {
 		spin_unlock(&ino->i_lock);
+		lseg = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, lseg,
 				 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_NOMEM);
 		goto out;
@@ -2090,6 +2091,7 @@ lookup_again:
 
 	lgp = pnfs_alloc_init_layoutget_args(ino, ctx, &stateid, &arg, gfp_flags);
 	if (!lgp) {
+		lseg = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		trace_pnfs_update_layout(ino, pos, count, iomode, lo, NULL,
 					 PNFS_UPDATE_LAYOUT_NOMEM);
 		nfs_layoutget_end(lo);