diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 0c209443f9be64394a4df3701bbb48bcd689e441..96c4e2616b51231d280c98d33e1481dbda7549aa 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1532,10 +1532,8 @@ nfsd4_copy(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 		refcount_set(&async_copy->refcount, 1);
 		/* Arbitrary cap on number of pending async copy operations */
 		if (atomic_inc_return(&nn->pending_async_copies) >
-				(int)rqstp->rq_pool->sp_nrthreads) {
-			atomic_dec(&nn->pending_async_copies);
+				(int)rqstp->rq_pool->sp_nrthreads)
 			goto out_err;
-		}
 		if (!nfs4_init_copy_state(nn, copy))
 			goto out_err;
 		memcpy(&copy->cp_res.cb_stateid, &copy->cp_stateid.stid,