diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 06938e560ac9..642f3bbaacc7 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1029,7 +1029,6 @@ static inline
 void requeue_pi_wake_futex(struct futex_q *q, union futex_key *key,
 			   struct futex_hash_bucket *hb)
 {
-	drop_futex_key_refs(&q->key);
 	get_futex_key_refs(key);
 	q->key = *key;
 
@@ -1227,6 +1226,7 @@ retry_private:
 		 */
 		if (ret == 1) {
 			WARN_ON(pi_state);
+			drop_count++;
 			task_count++;
 			ret = get_futex_value_locked(&curval2, uaddr2);
 			if (!ret)
@@ -1305,6 +1305,7 @@ retry_private:
 			if (ret == 1) {
 				/* We got the lock. */
 				requeue_pi_wake_futex(this, &key2, hb2);
+				drop_count++;
 				continue;
 			} else if (ret) {
 				/* -EDEADLK */