diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 913eb37c249bba..58c8317dd7d888 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ nfs_destroy_unlinked_subrequests(struct nfs_page *destroy_list,
 		}
 
 		subreq->wb_head = subreq;
+		nfs_release_request(old_head);
 
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_INODE_REF, &subreq->wb_flags)) {
 			nfs_release_request(subreq);