diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 9c43cad7e408..e83b21778816 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1486,6 +1486,7 @@ do_callback:
 	cb_copy = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nfsd4_copy), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cb_copy)
 		goto out;
+	refcount_set(&cb_copy->refcount, 1);
 	memcpy(&cb_copy->cp_res, &copy->cp_res, sizeof(copy->cp_res));
 	cb_copy->cp_clp = copy->cp_clp;
 	cb_copy->nfserr = copy->nfserr;