if (ret == -EIO && op_state_purged(new_op)) {
                gossip_err("%s: Client is down. Aborting readdir call.\n",
                        __func__);
-               goto out_slot;
+               goto out_free_op;
        }
 
        if (ret < 0 || new_op->downcall.status != 0) {
                             new_op->downcall.status);
                if (ret >= 0)
                        ret = new_op->downcall.status;
-               goto out_slot;
+               goto out_free_op;
        }
 
        dents_buf = new_op->downcall.trailer_buf;
        if (dents_buf == NULL) {
                gossip_err("Invalid NULL buffer in readdir response\n");
                ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto out_slot;
+               goto out_free_op;
        }
 
        bytes_decoded = decode_dirents(dents_buf, new_op->downcall.trailer_size,
 out_vfree:
        gossip_debug(GOSSIP_DIR_DEBUG, "vfree %p\n", dents_buf);
        vfree(dents_buf);
-out_slot:
-       orangefs_readdir_index_put(buffer_index);
 out_free_op:
        op_release(new_op);
        gossip_debug(GOSSIP_DIR_DEBUG, "orangefs_readdir returning %d\n", ret);