diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c b/drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c
index f7a2057380321fa7c102b140ce0bf2f4374e9db1..8b1d94a769140ca0ab6f9f6a082384b8725c9873 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c
@@ -177,12 +177,11 @@ static struct uss720_async_request *submit_async_request(struct parport_uss720_p
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->asynclock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&rq->asynclist, &priv->asynclist);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->asynclock, flags);
+	kref_get(&rq->ref_count);
 	ret = usb_submit_urb(rq->urb, mem_flags);
-	if (!ret) {
-		kref_get(&rq->ref_count);
+	if (!ret)
 		return rq;
-	}
-	kref_put(&rq->ref_count, destroy_async);
+	destroy_async(&rq->ref_count);
 	err("submit_async_request submit_urb failed with %d", ret);
 	return NULL;
 }