diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index e1fb538e10e0..3ca31f20b97c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static void	 xprt_init(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct net *net);
 static void	xprt_request_init(struct rpc_task *, struct rpc_xprt *);
 static void	xprt_connect_status(struct rpc_task *task);
 static int      __xprt_get_cong(struct rpc_xprt *, struct rpc_task *);
+static void     __xprt_put_cong(struct rpc_xprt *, struct rpc_rqst *);
 static void	 xprt_destroy(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xprt_list_lock);
@@ -250,6 +251,8 @@ int xprt_reserve_xprt_cong(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct rpc_task *task)
 	}
 	xprt_clear_locked(xprt);
 out_sleep:
+	if (req)
+		__xprt_put_cong(xprt, req);
 	dprintk("RPC: %5u failed to lock transport %p\n", task->tk_pid, xprt);
 	task->tk_timeout = 0;
 	task->tk_status = -EAGAIN;