diff --git a/fs/smbfs/request.c b/fs/smbfs/request.c
index c71c375863cc473a254462d8187365cecb302367..c71dd2760d3254da61b60a06ea2a9732837ea072 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/request.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/request.c
@@ -339,9 +339,11 @@ int smb_add_request(struct smb_request *req)
 		/*
 		 * On timeout or on interrupt we want to try and remove the
 		 * request from the recvq/xmitq.
+		 * First check if the request is still part of a queue. (May
+		 * have been removed by some error condition)
 		 */
 		smb_lock_server(server);
-		if (!(req->rq_flags & SMB_REQ_RECEIVED)) {
+		if (!list_empty(&req->rq_queue)) {
 			list_del_init(&req->rq_queue);
 			smb_rput(req);
 		}