diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index da5cacad6979..856706180d33 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -596,10 +596,6 @@ pnfs_put_lseg(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 	inode = lo->plh_inode;
 
 	if (refcount_dec_and_lock(&lseg->pls_refcount, &inode->i_lock)) {
-		if (test_bit(NFS_LSEG_VALID, &lseg->pls_flags)) {
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-			return;
-		}
 		pnfs_get_layout_hdr(lo);
 		pnfs_layout_remove_lseg(lo, lseg);
 		if (pnfs_cache_lseg_for_layoutreturn(lo, lseg))