diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index d6a031ed391b5598bcc28537f181a2c35e9f0e29..86dc28c7aa5c7b9a0f4652e3d5a09957d8c6883e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ struct smb_version_operations {
 	/* async read from the server */
 	int (*async_readv)(struct cifs_readdata *);
 	/* async write to the server */
-	int (*async_writev)(struct cifs_writedata *);
+	int (*async_writev)(struct cifs_writedata *,
+			    void (*release)(struct kref *));
 	/* sync read from the server */
 	int (*sync_read)(const unsigned int, struct cifsFileInfo *,
 			 struct cifs_io_parms *, unsigned int *, char **,
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
index 79e6e9a93a8ce984420ef8dc68fa3d941ff1f045..d00e09dfc452a3b1c8aed81d4bc7e02a7a231424 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsproto.h
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ void cifs_readdata_release(struct kref *refcount);
 int cifs_async_readv(struct cifs_readdata *rdata);
 int cifs_readv_receive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct mid_q_entry *mid);
 
-int cifs_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata);
+int cifs_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata,
+		      void (*release)(struct kref *kref));
 void cifs_writev_complete(struct work_struct *work);
 struct cifs_writedata *cifs_writedata_alloc(unsigned int nr_pages,
 						work_func_t complete);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 0cd742ccb019e95d081aa082af702e14d649da40..f3264bd7a83d9427a158130a7d4a842443bd8b53 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ cifs_writev_requeue(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
 
 	do {
 		server = tlink_tcon(wdata->cfile->tlink)->ses->server;
-		rc = server->ops->async_writev(wdata);
+		rc = server->ops->async_writev(wdata, cifs_writedata_release);
 	} while (rc == -EAGAIN);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < wdata->nr_pages; i++) {
@@ -2025,7 +2025,8 @@ cifs_writev_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 
 /* cifs_async_writev - send an async write, and set up mid to handle result */
 int
-cifs_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
+cifs_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata,
+		  void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
 {
 	int rc = -EACCES;
 	WRITE_REQ *smb = NULL;
@@ -2099,7 +2100,7 @@ cifs_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
 	if (rc == 0)
 		cifs_stats_inc(&tcon->stats.cifs_stats.num_writes);
 	else
-		kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
+		kref_put(&wdata->refcount, release);
 
 async_writev_out:
 	cifs_small_buf_release(smb);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 853d6d1cc822280a0deb1e5106aff7d84323e869..a301edbdad4a54d288d555e5f3ee95f10fb58c34 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2043,7 +2043,8 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 			}
 			wdata->pid = wdata->cfile->pid;
 			server = tlink_tcon(wdata->cfile->tlink)->ses->server;
-			rc = server->ops->async_writev(wdata);
+			rc = server->ops->async_writev(wdata,
+							cifs_writedata_release);
 		} while (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && rc == -EAGAIN);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; ++i)
@@ -2331,9 +2332,20 @@ size_t get_numpages(const size_t wsize, const size_t len, size_t *cur_len)
 }
 
 static void
-cifs_uncached_writev_complete(struct work_struct *work)
+cifs_uncached_writedata_release(struct kref *refcount)
 {
 	int i;
+	struct cifs_writedata *wdata = container_of(refcount,
+					struct cifs_writedata, refcount);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < wdata->nr_pages; i++)
+		put_page(wdata->pages[i]);
+	cifs_writedata_release(refcount);
+}
+
+static void
+cifs_uncached_writev_complete(struct work_struct *work)
+{
 	struct cifs_writedata *wdata = container_of(work,
 					struct cifs_writedata, work);
 	struct inode *inode = wdata->cfile->dentry->d_inode;
@@ -2347,12 +2359,7 @@ cifs_uncached_writev_complete(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	complete(&wdata->done);
 
-	if (wdata->result != -EAGAIN) {
-		for (i = 0; i < wdata->nr_pages; i++)
-			put_page(wdata->pages[i]);
-	}
-
-	kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
+	kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_uncached_writedata_release);
 }
 
 /* attempt to send write to server, retry on any -EAGAIN errors */
@@ -2370,7 +2377,8 @@ cifs_uncached_retry_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
 			if (rc != 0)
 				continue;
 		}
-		rc = server->ops->async_writev(wdata);
+		rc = server->ops->async_writev(wdata,
+					       cifs_uncached_writedata_release);
 	} while (rc == -EAGAIN);
 
 	return rc;
@@ -2454,7 +2462,8 @@ cifs_iovec_write(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
 		wdata->tailsz = cur_len - ((nr_pages - 1) * PAGE_SIZE);
 		rc = cifs_uncached_retry_writev(wdata);
 		if (rc) {
-			kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
+			kref_put(&wdata->refcount,
+				 cifs_uncached_writedata_release);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -2496,7 +2505,7 @@ cifs_iovec_write(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
 			}
 		}
 		list_del_init(&wdata->list);
-		kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
+		kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_uncached_writedata_release);
 	}
 
 	if (total_written > 0)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
index 2013234b73adc47a5a34cb907ce0b818f65a16f5..a3f7a9c3cc69d81ef4ce58b8f509dda288fa6602 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c
@@ -1890,7 +1890,8 @@ smb2_writev_callback(struct mid_q_entry *mid)
 
 /* smb2_async_writev - send an async write, and set up mid to handle result */
 int
-smb2_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
+smb2_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata,
+		  void (*release)(struct kref *kref))
 {
 	int rc = -EACCES;
 	struct smb2_write_req *req = NULL;
@@ -1938,7 +1939,7 @@ smb2_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
 				smb2_writev_callback, wdata, 0);
 
 	if (rc) {
-		kref_put(&wdata->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
+		kref_put(&wdata->refcount, release);
 		cifs_stats_fail_inc(tcon, SMB2_WRITE_HE);
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2proto.h b/fs/cifs/smb2proto.h
index 93adc64666f310345b4c6d76bba628741aa4e634..0ce48db20a6511add52f9b44f5cbf664a178e41f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/smb2proto.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/smb2proto.h
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ extern int SMB2_get_srv_num(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
 extern int smb2_async_readv(struct cifs_readdata *rdata);
 extern int SMB2_read(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_io_parms *io_parms,
 		     unsigned int *nbytes, char **buf, int *buf_type);
-extern int smb2_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata);
+extern int smb2_async_writev(struct cifs_writedata *wdata,
+			     void (*release)(struct kref *kref));
 extern int SMB2_write(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_io_parms *io_parms,
 		      unsigned int *nbytes, struct kvec *iov, int n_vec);
 extern int SMB2_echo(struct TCP_Server_Info *server);