diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index d1715bafe4e7582eb9fa030f9487b7d53bcafd66..2434ea5aa283c0f9a3488d914cd4e5378e9089b4 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -7446,7 +7446,7 @@ static void io_uring_cancel_files(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 			 * all we had, then we're done with this request.
 			 */
 			if (refcount_sub_and_test(2, &cancel_req->refs)) {
-				io_put_req(cancel_req);
+				io_free_req(cancel_req);
 				finish_wait(&ctx->inflight_wait, &wait);
 				continue;
 			}