diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 182b864b3075bdd1f0b079f9047c8a0f4a5d796d..5014a82391ff92987517a43cc7188cba7670bd32 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -2152,8 +2152,8 @@ cifs_writev_requeue(struct cifs_writedata *wdata)
 			}
 		}
 
+		kref_put(&wdata2->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
 		if (rc) {
-			kref_put(&wdata2->refcount, cifs_writedata_release);
 			if (is_retryable_error(rc))
 				continue;
 			i += nr_pages;