diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index a6b8db4..a8d035e 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6452,6 +6452,7 @@
 		.rpc_proc = &nfs4_procedures[NFSPROC4_CLNT_LAYOUTRETURN],
 		.rpc_argp = &lrp->args,
 		.rpc_resp = &lrp->res,
+		.rpc_cred = lrp->cred,
 	};
 	struct rpc_task_setup task_setup_data = {
 		.rpc_client = lrp->clp->cl_rpcclient,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index 2f86115..89ca75f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -861,6 +861,7 @@
 	lrp->args.inode = ino;
 	lrp->args.layout = lo;
 	lrp->clp = NFS_SERVER(ino)->nfs_client;
+	lrp->cred = lo->plh_lc_cred;
 
 	status = nfs4_proc_layoutreturn(lrp);
 out: