diff --git a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
index 67ef8ab06af4cf459385c30d7d412561787e765e..63482ef3de01913a9fb525f7029059d74489e56a 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_new_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 		ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
+	req->r_num_prealloc_reply = num_reply;
 
 	req->r_osdc = osdc;
 	req->r_mempool = use_mempool;
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ struct ceph_osd_request *ceph_osdc_new_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 	else
 		msg = ceph_msg_new(CEPH_MSG_OSD_OP, msg_size, 0, 0, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(msg)) {
-		ceph_msgpool_resv(&osdc->msgpool_op_reply, num_reply);
+		ceph_msgpool_resv(&osdc->msgpool_op_reply, -num_reply);
 		ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
 		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(msg));
 	}
@@ -465,6 +466,8 @@ static void __unregister_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 	rb_erase(&req->r_node, &osdc->requests);
 	osdc->num_requests--;
 
+	ceph_msgpool_resv(&osdc->msgpool_op_reply, -req->r_num_prealloc_reply);
+
 	if (req->r_osd) {
 		/* make sure the original request isn't in flight. */
 		ceph_con_revoke(&req->r_osd->o_con, req->r_request);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/osd_client.h b/fs/ceph/osd_client.h
index 20ee61847416e830288759d3e22098726eaab881..2e4cfd1e9f1079b45e717aed668bdaa781957bfe 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/osd_client.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/osd_client.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct ceph_osd_request {
 	int               r_flags;     /* any additional flags for the osd */
 	u32               r_sent;      /* >0 if r_request is sending/sent */
 	int r_prepared_pages, r_got_reply;
+	int		  r_num_prealloc_reply;
 
 	struct ceph_osd_client *r_osdc;
 	struct kref       r_kref;