diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 11ea2c4..675caed 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1311,12 +1311,14 @@
 		goto out_end;
 	}
 	list_move_tail(&req->list, &fpq->processing);
+	__fuse_get_request(req);
 	spin_unlock(&fpq->lock);
 	set_bit(FR_SENT, &req->flags);
 	/* matches barrier in request_wait_answer() */
 	smp_mb__after_atomic();
 	if (test_bit(FR_INTERRUPTED, &req->flags))
 		queue_interrupt(fiq, req);
+	fuse_put_request(fc, req);
 
 	return reqsize;