diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 81bd1b9aba17..3c1fa320b3f1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ static int nfs_return_empty_folio(struct folio *folio)
 {
 	folio_zero_segment(folio, 0, folio_size(folio));
 	folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
-	folio_unlock(folio);
+	if (nfs_netfs_folio_unlock(folio))
+		folio_unlock(folio);
 	return 0;
 }