diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index bd462a5..33811db 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1136,10 +1136,18 @@
 void xprt_release(struct rpc_task *task)
 {
 	struct rpc_xprt	*xprt;
-	struct rpc_rqst	*req;
+	struct rpc_rqst	*req = task->tk_rqstp;
 
-	if (!(req = task->tk_rqstp))
+	if (req == NULL) {
+		if (task->tk_client) {
+			rcu_read_lock();
+			xprt = rcu_dereference(task->tk_client->cl_xprt);
+			if (xprt->snd_task == task)
+				xprt_release_write(xprt, task);
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+		}
 		return;
+	}
 
 	xprt = req->rq_xprt;
 	if (task->tk_ops->rpc_count_stats != NULL)