diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 4df4ad03db10..0c37d7c6d28c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -681,8 +681,6 @@ nfsd4_open(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	nfsd4_cleanup_open_state(cstate, open);
 	nfsd4_bump_seqid(cstate, status);
 out_err:
-	posix_acl_release(open->op_dpacl);
-	posix_acl_release(open->op_pacl);
 	return status;
 }
 
@@ -704,6 +702,13 @@ static __be32 nfsd4_open_omfg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_stat
 	return nfsd4_open(rqstp, cstate, &op->u);
 }
 
+static void
+nfsd4_open_release(union nfsd4_op_u *u)
+{
+	posix_acl_release(u->open.op_dpacl);
+	posix_acl_release(u->open.op_pacl);
+}
+
 /*
  * filehandle-manipulating ops.
  */
@@ -3202,6 +3207,9 @@ nfsd4_proc_compound(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 			status = op->status;
 		}
 
+		if (op->opdesc && op->opdesc->op_release)
+			op->opdesc->op_release(&op->u);
+
 		trace_nfsd_compound_status(args->client_opcnt, resp->opcnt,
 					   status, nfsd4_op_name(op->opnum));
 
@@ -3701,6 +3709,7 @@ static const struct nfsd4_operation nfsd4_ops[] = {
 	},
 	[OP_OPEN] = {
 		.op_func = nfsd4_open,
+		.op_release = nfsd4_open_release,
 		.op_flags = OP_HANDLES_WRONGSEC | OP_MODIFIES_SOMETHING,
 		.op_name = "OP_OPEN",
 		.op_rsize_bop = nfsd4_open_rsize,
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index c37c9722b8c6..2e0097b2d1d9 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -6403,9 +6403,6 @@ nfsd4_encode_operation(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, struct nfsd4_op *op)
 	write_bytes_to_xdr_buf(xdr->buf, op_status_offset,
 			       &op->status, XDR_UNIT);
 release:
-	if (opdesc && opdesc->op_release)
-		opdesc->op_release(&op->u);
-
 	/*
 	 * Account for pages consumed while encoding this operation.
 	 * The xdr_stream primitives don't manage rq_next_page.