diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 6dd523adacab836db437c44c55d24b9f62d8a0da..a6cd6b3ac4f694e08f946101244fa35f7a2d5284 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1565,10 +1565,11 @@ static void io_sq_wq_submit_work(struct work_struct *work)
 					break;
 				cond_resched();
 			} while (1);
-
-			/* drop submission reference */
-			io_put_req(req);
 		}
+
+		/* drop submission reference */
+		io_put_req(req);
+
 		if (ret) {
 			io_cqring_add_event(ctx, sqe->user_data, ret, 0);
 			io_put_req(req);