diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index e741ec2b4d8e6ea5d08a8e942e3021e5a20e4c6a..1a39ad14c42fe4aa25f174c84d7b1f9545ba6d7f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ void xprt_release(struct rpc_task *task)
 		rpc_count_iostats(task, task->tk_client->cl_metrics);
 	spin_lock(&xprt->recv_lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&req->rq_list)) {
-		list_del(&req->rq_list);
+		list_del_init(&req->rq_list);
 		xprt_wait_on_pinned_rqst(req);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&xprt->recv_lock);