diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 58e7bf8..12e8ad8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -836,6 +836,13 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_INODEREVALIDATE);
+
+	label = nfs4_label_alloc(NFS_SERVER(inode), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (IS_ERR(label)) {
+		status = PTR_ERR(label);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	status = NFS_PROTO(inode)->getattr(server, NFS_FH(inode), fattr, label);
 	if (status != 0) {
 		dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "nfs_revalidate_inode: (%s/%Ld) getattr failed, error=%d\n",
@@ -846,7 +853,7 @@
 			if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 				set_bit(NFS_INO_STALE, &NFS_I(inode)->flags);
 		}
-		goto out;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	status = nfs_refresh_inode(inode, fattr);
@@ -854,7 +861,7 @@
 		dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "nfs_revalidate_inode: (%s/%Ld) refresh failed, error=%d\n",
 			 inode->i_sb->s_id,
 			 (long long)NFS_FILEID(inode), status);
-		goto out;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	if (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_INVALID_ACL)
@@ -864,7 +871,9 @@
 		inode->i_sb->s_id,
 		(long long)NFS_FILEID(inode));
 
- out:
+err_out:
+	nfs4_label_free(label);
+out:
 	nfs_free_fattr(fattr);
 	return status;
 }