diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 267ba4496dc8..a17fc49c9948 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -2078,6 +2078,7 @@ static void kick_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, int mds)
 		if (req->r_session &&
 		    req->r_session->s_mds == mds) {
 			dout(" kicking tid %llu\n", req->r_tid);
+			list_del_init(&req->r_wait);
 			__do_request(mdsc, req);
 		}
 	}