diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index dcc0677d1546..3c9ed63710a9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3987,7 +3987,7 @@ static int _nfs4_discover_trunking(struct nfs_server *server,
 
 	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!page)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_put_cred;
 	locations = kmalloc(sizeof(struct nfs4_fs_locations), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!locations)
 		goto out_free;
@@ -4003,6 +4003,8 @@ out_free_2:
 	kfree(locations);
 out_free:
 	__free_page(page);
+out_put_cred:
+	put_cred(cred);
 	return status;
 }