diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index ce1da8cbac0038ba41b014f2f2bd0c126b15a6bc..63d20308a9bb7e8b0e1b71104249d749e35b4a4d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ nfs_destroy_unlinked_subrequests(struct nfs_page *destroy_list,
 		}
 
 		subreq->wb_head = subreq;
+		nfs_release_request(old_head);
 
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_INODE_REF, &subreq->wb_flags)) {
 			nfs_release_request(subreq);