diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 2547f17b4fef..e2b63ab28ecc 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1886,10 +1886,9 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 		goto out_put_req;
 	return 0;
 out_put_req:
-	percpu_ref_put(&ctx->reqs);
 	if (req->ki_eventfd)
 		eventfd_ctx_put(req->ki_eventfd);
-	kmem_cache_free(kiocb_cachep, req);
+	iocb_put(req);
 out_put_reqs_available:
 	put_reqs_available(ctx, 1);
 	return ret;