diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 2e51ada..e5b51ff 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -867,11 +867,6 @@
 	int		slack_bytes;
 	__be32		status;
 
-	status = nfserr_resource;
-	cstate = cstate_alloc();
-	if (cstate == NULL)
-		goto out;
-
 	resp->xbuf = &rqstp->rq_res;
 	resp->p = rqstp->rq_res.head[0].iov_base + rqstp->rq_res.head[0].iov_len;
 	resp->tagp = resp->p;
@@ -890,6 +885,11 @@
 	if (args->minorversion > NFSD_SUPPORTED_MINOR_VERSION)
 		goto out;
 
+	status = nfserr_resource;
+	cstate = cstate_alloc();
+	if (cstate == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
 	status = nfs_ok;
 	while (!status && resp->opcnt < args->opcnt) {
 		op = &args->ops[resp->opcnt++];
@@ -957,9 +957,9 @@
 		nfsd4_increment_op_stats(op->opnum);
 	}
 
+	cstate_free(cstate);
 out:
 	nfsd4_release_compoundargs(args);
-	cstate_free(cstate);
 	dprintk("nfsv4 compound returned %d\n", ntohl(status));
 	return status;
 }