diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 51eb602a435b80561d4d89bebbecfecbc83429de..6fa11382071bf48b186423e9c231d677013c5d26 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1724,8 +1724,10 @@ static int fuse_retrieve(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct inode *inode,
 	req->in.args[1].size = total_len;
 
 	err = fuse_request_send_notify_reply(fc, req, outarg->notify_unique);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
 		fuse_retrieve_end(fc, req);
+		fuse_put_request(fc, req);
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }