diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 6efb7f6cb22e9ba5aabb5f111129ef69b7dac370..fd1c0baf15bb529a9d62ae7edd6b676fe61f4b92 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -652,7 +652,8 @@ static struct kioctx *ioctx_alloc(unsigned nr_events)
 	aio_nr += ctx->max_reqs;
 	spin_unlock(&aio_nr_lock);
 
-	percpu_ref_get(&ctx->users); /* io_setup() will drop this ref */
+	percpu_ref_get(&ctx->users);	/* io_setup() will drop this ref */
+	percpu_ref_get(&ctx->reqs);	/* free_ioctx_users() will drop this */
 
 	err = ioctx_add_table(ctx, mm);
 	if (err)