diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c
index 88bc79ec3459..57e0654cd98c 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayoutdev.c
@@ -177,27 +177,14 @@ nfs4_fl_alloc_deviceid_node(struct nfs_server *server, struct pnfs_device *pdev,
 		trace_fl_getdevinfo(server, &pdev->dev_id, dsaddr->ds_list[i]->ds_remotestr);
 
 		/* If DS was already in cache, free ds addrs */
-		while (!list_empty(&dsaddrs)) {
-			da = list_first_entry(&dsaddrs,
-					      struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr,
-					      da_node);
-			list_del_init(&da->da_node);
-			kfree(da->da_remotestr);
-			kfree(da);
-		}
+		nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_list_free(&dsaddrs);
 	}
 
 	folio_put(scratch);
 	return dsaddr;
 
 out_err_drain_dsaddrs:
-	while (!list_empty(&dsaddrs)) {
-		da = list_first_entry(&dsaddrs, struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr,
-				      da_node);
-		list_del_init(&da->da_node);
-		kfree(da->da_remotestr);
-		kfree(da);
-	}
+	nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_list_free(&dsaddrs);
 out_err_free_deviceid:
 	nfs4_fl_free_deviceid(dsaddr);
 	/* stripe_indicies was part of dsaddr */
diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
index 5c0216bd5fce..6cd3859d4a24 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
@@ -159,26 +159,13 @@ nfs4_ff_alloc_deviceid_node(struct nfs_server *server, struct pnfs_device *pdev,
 		goto out_err_drain_dsaddrs;
 
 	/* If DS was already in cache, free ds addrs */
-	while (!list_empty(&dsaddrs)) {
-		da = list_first_entry(&dsaddrs,
-				      struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr,
-				      da_node);
-		list_del_init(&da->da_node);
-		kfree(da->da_remotestr);
-		kfree(da);
-	}
+	nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_list_free(&dsaddrs);
 
 	folio_put(scratch);
 	return new_ds;
 
 out_err_drain_dsaddrs:
-	while (!list_empty(&dsaddrs)) {
-		da = list_first_entry(&dsaddrs, struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr,
-				      da_node);
-		list_del_init(&da->da_node);
-		kfree(da->da_remotestr);
-		kfree(da);
-	}
+	nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_list_free(&dsaddrs);
 
 	kfree(ds_versions);
 out_scratch:
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 70d20f779678..5725ea06efc2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ int nfs4_pnfs_ds_connect(struct nfs_server *mds_srv, struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds,
 struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr *nfs4_decode_mp_ds_addr(struct net *net,
 						 struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 						 gfp_t gfp_flags);
+void nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_list_free(struct list_head *dsaddrs);
 void pnfs_layout_mark_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req,
 				     struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg,
 				     struct nfs_commit_info *cinfo,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
index 93d63f75a355..5bd014b981bf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
@@ -633,23 +633,28 @@ static void nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_free(struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr *da)
 	kfree(da);
 }
 
-static void destroy_ds(struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds)
+void nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_list_free(struct list_head *dsaddrs)
 {
 	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr *da;
 
+	while (!list_empty(dsaddrs)) {
+		da = list_first_entry(dsaddrs, struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr,
+				      da_node);
+		list_del_init(&da->da_node);
+		nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_free(da);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_list_free);
+
+static void destroy_ds(struct nfs4_pnfs_ds *ds)
+{
 	dprintk("--> %s\n", __func__);
 	ifdebug(FACILITY)
 		print_ds(ds);
 
 	nfs_put_client(ds->ds_clp);
 
-	while (!list_empty(&ds->ds_addrs)) {
-		da = list_first_entry(&ds->ds_addrs,
-				      struct nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr,
-				      da_node);
-		list_del_init(&da->da_node);
-		nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_free(da);
-	}
+	nfs4_pnfs_ds_addr_list_free(&ds->ds_addrs);
 
 	kfree(ds->ds_remotestr);
 	kfree(ds);