diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c b/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
index c79304012b08..461658105013 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c
@@ -1551,17 +1551,25 @@ static int smbd_post_send_iter(struct smbdirect_socket *sc,
 
 	rc = smbd_post_send(sc, batch, request);
 	if (!rc) {
+		/*
+		 * From here request is moved to batch
+		 * and we should not free it explicitly.
+		 */
+
 		if (batch != &_batch)
 			return 0;
 
 		rc = smbd_send_batch_flush(sc, batch, true);
 		if (!rc)
 			return 0;
+
+		goto err_flush;
 	}
 
 err_dma:
 	smbd_free_send_io(request);
 
+err_flush:
 err_alloc:
 	atomic_inc(&sc->send_io.credits.count);
 	wake_up(&sc->send_io.credits.wait_queue);