diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 675caed3e655e77d76859036a1c652a3f16043a5..c2af8042f1764a7b0dd5413374217fc409a22850 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1877,16 +1877,20 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_do_write(struct fuse_dev *fud,
 
 	/* Is it an interrupt reply? */
 	if (req->intr_unique == oh.unique) {
+		__fuse_get_request(req);
 		spin_unlock(&fpq->lock);
 
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		if (nbytes != sizeof(struct fuse_out_header))
+		if (nbytes != sizeof(struct fuse_out_header)) {
+			fuse_put_request(fc, req);
 			goto err_finish;
+		}
 
 		if (oh.error == -ENOSYS)
 			fc->no_interrupt = 1;
 		else if (oh.error == -EAGAIN)
 			queue_interrupt(&fc->iq, req);
+		fuse_put_request(fc, req);
 
 		fuse_copy_finish(cs);
 		return nbytes;