diff --git a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
index 9cf208df1f25..eb4aafa9f521 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ _dev_list_add(const struct nfs_server *nfss,
 		de = n;
 	}
 
-	atomic_inc(&de->id_node.ref);
 	return de;
 }