diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 6d953ab..8ef7926 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1872,8 +1872,11 @@
 	int mds = -1;
 	int err = -EAGAIN;
 
-	if (req->r_err || req->r_got_result)
+	if (req->r_err || req->r_got_result) {
+		if (req->r_aborted)
+			__unregister_request(mdsc, req);
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (req->r_timeout &&
 	    time_after_eq(jiffies, req->r_started + req->r_timeout)) {