diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 969beb0e22311a4f7e7f4155524709d5dd8269bf..67e4b9047cc944eb63beca468f77e1194956f931 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -490,6 +490,8 @@ static void kiocb_batch_free(struct kioctx *ctx, struct kiocb_batch *batch)
 		kmem_cache_free(kiocb_cachep, req);
 		ctx->reqs_active--;
 	}
+	if (unlikely(!ctx->reqs_active && ctx->dead))
+		wake_up_all(&ctx->wait);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
 }