diff --git a/src/afs/afs_analyze.c b/src/afs/afs_analyze.c
index 0aa0c7db13..d413a32682 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs_analyze.c
+++ b/src/afs/afs_analyze.c
@@ -569,6 +569,8 @@ afs_Analyze(struct afs_conn *aconn, struct rx_connection *rxconn,
 		}
 	    }
 	}
+	if (aconn) /* simply lacking aconn->server doesn't absolve this */
+	    afs_PutConn(aconn, rxconn, locktype);
 	return shouldRetry;
     }