diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index e321cb0d00c415deb785863f53474657d8e9b381..be3c3aea6398ed3b2c3c07fd3e04e01821023ff0 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -6889,7 +6889,7 @@ static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr)
 		}
 		sqe = io_get_sqe(ctx);
 		if (unlikely(!sqe)) {
-			kmem_cache_free(req_cachep, req);
+			list_add(&req->inflight_entry, &ctx->submit_state.free_list);
 			break;
 		}
 		/* will complete beyond this point, count as submitted */