diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index 3fe4f1004278..29619612b9f1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -448,6 +448,9 @@ static void svc_xprt_release(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 
 	rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_ops->xpo_release_rqst(rqstp);
 
+	kfree(rqstp->rq_deferred);
+	rqstp->rq_deferred = NULL;
+
 	svc_free_res_pages(rqstp);
 	rqstp->rq_res.page_len = 0;
 	rqstp->rq_res.page_base = 0;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index cccfa7deb9af..3c103404501d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ static void svc_reclassify_socket(struct socket *sock)
 static void svc_release_skb(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt;
-	struct svc_deferred_req *dr = rqstp->rq_deferred;
 
 	if (skb) {
 		struct svc_sock *svsk =
@@ -113,10 +112,6 @@ static void svc_release_skb(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		dprintk("svc: service %p, releasing skb %p\n", rqstp, skb);
 		skb_free_datagram(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
 	}
-	if (dr) {
-		rqstp->rq_deferred = NULL;
-		kfree(dr);
-	}
 }
 
 union svc_pktinfo_u {