diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 3df3fb0678e503a5044dd9a33a42b6747e370254..b9e0df08277b10a89e91a2664a75c7b030cf9d3d 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static void put_reqs_available(struct kioctx *ctx, unsigned nr)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static bool get_reqs_available(struct kioctx *ctx)
+static bool __get_reqs_available(struct kioctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct kioctx_cpu *kcpu;
 	bool ret = false;
@@ -994,6 +994,14 @@ static void user_refill_reqs_available(struct kioctx *ctx)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
 }
 
+static bool get_reqs_available(struct kioctx *ctx)
+{
+	if (__get_reqs_available(ctx))
+		return true;
+	user_refill_reqs_available(ctx);
+	return __get_reqs_available(ctx);
+}
+
 /* aio_get_req
  *	Allocate a slot for an aio request.
  * Returns NULL if no requests are free.
@@ -1002,24 +1010,15 @@ static inline struct aio_kiocb *aio_get_req(struct kioctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct aio_kiocb *req;
 
-	if (!get_reqs_available(ctx)) {
-		user_refill_reqs_available(ctx);
-		if (!get_reqs_available(ctx))
-			return NULL;
-	}
-
 	req = kmem_cache_alloc(kiocb_cachep, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
 	if (unlikely(!req))
-		goto out_put;
+		return NULL;
 
 	percpu_ref_get(&ctx->reqs);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->ki_list);
 	refcount_set(&req->ki_refcnt, 0);
 	req->ki_ctx = ctx;
 	return req;
-out_put:
-	put_reqs_available(ctx, 1);
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 static struct kioctx *lookup_ioctx(unsigned long ctx_id)
@@ -1813,9 +1812,13 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!get_reqs_available(ctx))
+		return -EAGAIN;
+
+	ret = -EAGAIN;
 	req = aio_get_req(ctx);
 	if (unlikely(!req))
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		goto out_put_reqs_available;
 
 	if (iocb.aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_RESFD) {
 		/*
@@ -1878,11 +1881,12 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 		goto out_put_req;
 	return 0;
 out_put_req:
-	put_reqs_available(ctx, 1);
 	percpu_ref_put(&ctx->reqs);
 	if (req->ki_eventfd)
 		eventfd_ctx_put(req->ki_eventfd);
 	kmem_cache_free(kiocb_cachep, req);
+out_put_reqs_available:
+	put_reqs_available(ctx, 1);
 	return ret;
 }