diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index e75b056f46f43583b84da4a423cbafedb850c630..abb2c8a3be42e4755f747c62a1cec5466f13ee77 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1784,7 +1784,8 @@ static void nfs_commit_release_pages(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 			(long long)req_offset(req));
 		if (status < 0) {
 			nfs_context_set_write_error(req->wb_context, status);
-			nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
+			if (req->wb_page)
+				nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
 			dprintk_cont(", error = %d\n", status);
 			goto next;
 		}
@@ -1793,7 +1794,8 @@ static void nfs_commit_release_pages(struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 		 * returned by the server against all stored verfs. */
 		if (!nfs_write_verifier_cmp(&req->wb_verf, &data->verf.verifier)) {
 			/* We have a match */
-			nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
+			if (req->wb_page)
+				nfs_inode_remove_request(req);
 			dprintk_cont(" OK\n");
 			goto next;
 		}