diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 0a4caedf82c1e476c4dc00e4ddbc898259cdb3b2..d2a3a1bc85cc053a687fd7760f78038cb88c4f87 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct io_kiocb {
 	struct io_ring_ctx	*ctx;
 	struct list_head	list;
 	unsigned int		flags;
+	refcount_t		refs;
 #define REQ_F_FORCE_NONBLOCK	1	/* inline submission attempt */
 #define REQ_F_IOPOLL_COMPLETED	2	/* polled IO has completed */
 #define REQ_F_FIXED_FILE	4	/* ctx owns file */
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ static struct io_kiocb *io_get_req(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 
 	req->ctx = ctx;
 	req->flags = 0;
+	refcount_set(&req->refs, 0);
 	return req;
 out:
 	io_ring_drop_ctx_refs(ctx, 1);
@@ -394,8 +396,10 @@ static void io_free_req_many(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void **reqs, int *nr)
 
 static void io_free_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
-	io_ring_drop_ctx_refs(req->ctx, 1);
-	kmem_cache_free(req_cachep, req);
+	if (!refcount_read(&req->refs) || refcount_dec_and_test(&req->refs)) {
+		io_ring_drop_ctx_refs(req->ctx, 1);
+		kmem_cache_free(req_cachep, req);
+	}
 }
 
 /*