diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 400f76227642e84505d52011c99f63f16cbeb79f..106c173c8b11094c4ef970688942e2dcf7d6b690 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ nfs_destroy_unlinked_subrequests(struct nfs_page *destroy_list,
 		}
 
 		subreq->wb_head = subreq;
+		nfs_release_request(old_head);
 
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_INODE_REF, &subreq->wb_flags)) {
 			nfs_release_request(subreq);