diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
index 279d0d097b55..b9e39d1657d2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c
@@ -803,7 +803,10 @@ static void nvmet_rdma_write_data_done(struct ib_cq *cq, struct ib_wc *wc)
 
 	if (unlikely(wc->status != IB_WC_SUCCESS)) {
 		nvmet_rdma_rw_ctx_destroy(rsp);
-		nvmet_req_uninit(&rsp->req);
+		/*
+		 * Unlike in nvmet_rdma_read_data_done(), the request has been
+		 * completed and its references are put: no nvmet_req_uninit().
+		 */
 		nvmet_rdma_release_rsp(rsp);
 		if (wc->status != IB_WC_WR_FLUSH_ERR) {
 			pr_info("RDMA WRITE for CQE failed with status %s (%d).\n",