diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 63135331cec27b3801375835165726077f61cc35..ad460d78d6c5d9e3c967d9d2560e1847542c3c57 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ static void aio_free_ring(struct kioctx *ctx)
 
 	put_aio_ring_file(ctx);
 
-	if (ctx->ring_pages && ctx->ring_pages != ctx->internal_pages)
+	if (ctx->ring_pages && ctx->ring_pages != ctx->internal_pages) {
 		kfree(ctx->ring_pages);
+		ctx->ring_pages = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 static int aio_ring_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)