diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 9af88953db6..de402e4d8bc 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -171,19 +171,17 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 /*
  * This function is called when a request is finished.  Either a reply
  * has arrived or it was interrupted (and not yet sent) or some error
- * occurred during communication with userspace, or the device file was
- * closed.  It decreases the reference count for the request.  In case
- * of a background request the reference to the stored objects are
- * released.  The requester thread is woken up (if still waiting), and
- * finally the request is either freed or put on the unused_list
+ * occurred during communication with userspace, or the device file
+ * was closed.  In case of a background request the reference to the
+ * stored objects are released.  The requester thread is woken up (if
+ * still waiting), and finally the reference to the request is
+ * released
  *
  * Called with fuse_lock, unlocks it
  */
 static void request_end(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 {
-	int putback;
 	req->finished = 1;
-	putback = atomic_dec_and_test(&req->count);
 	spin_unlock(&fuse_lock);
 	if (req->background) {
 		down_read(&fc->sbput_sem);
@@ -197,13 +195,11 @@ static void request_end(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 	else if (req->in.h.opcode == FUSE_RELEASE && req->inode == NULL) {
 		/* Special case for failed iget in CREATE */
 		u64 nodeid = req->in.h.nodeid;
-		__fuse_get_request(req);
 		fuse_reset_request(req);
 		fuse_send_forget(fc, req, nodeid, 1);
-		putback = 0;
+		return;
 	}
-	if (putback)
-		fuse_putback_request(fc, req);
+	fuse_put_request(fc, req);
 }
 
 /*