diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 3f0ddc0d7393..3fb65778e03d 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ void pblk_bio_free_pages(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio, int off,
 
 	WARN_ON(off + nr_pages != bio->bi_vcnt);
 
-	bio_advance(bio, off * PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE);
 	for (i = off; i < nr_pages + off; i++) {
 		bv = bio->bi_io_vec[i];
 		mempool_free(bv.bv_page, pblk->page_bio_pool);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
index 3ad9e56d2473..d89ac573f8d8 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ static unsigned long pblk_end_w_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 			bio_endio(original_bio);
 	}
 
+	if (c_ctx->nr_padded)
+		pblk_bio_free_pages(pblk, rqd->bio, c_ctx->nr_valid,
+							c_ctx->nr_padded);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	atomic_long_add(c_ctx->nr_valid, &pblk->sync_writes);
 #endif
@@ -521,7 +525,8 @@ static void pblk_free_write_rqd(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd)
 	struct bio *bio = rqd->bio;
 
 	if (c_ctx->nr_padded)
-		pblk_bio_free_pages(pblk, bio, rqd->nr_ppas, c_ctx->nr_padded);
+		pblk_bio_free_pages(pblk, bio, c_ctx->nr_valid,
+							c_ctx->nr_padded);
 }
 
 static int pblk_submit_write(struct pblk *pblk)