diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index 8ca9cc665561..6df7a0cf5660 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ nfs4_ff_layout_prepare_ds(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg, u32 ds_idx,
 			     mirror->mirror_ds->ds_versions[0].minor_version);
 
 	/* connect success, check rsize/wsize limit */
-	if (ds->ds_clp) {
+	if (!status) {
 		max_payload =
 			nfs_block_size(rpc_max_payload(ds->ds_clp->cl_rpcclient),
 				       NULL);