diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 068c4ca8a9f1..ac3bad49d9a2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6b0cd00bc396daf5c2dcf17a8d82055335341f46
+refs/heads/master: e4c4776dea9fd0295ebb3b215599d52938d6d7a3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/trunk/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 2aafafca2b13..1101e251a629 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static int virtblk_get_id(struct gendisk *disk, char *id_str)
 	struct virtio_blk *vblk = disk->private_data;
 	struct request *req;
 	struct bio *bio;
+	int err;
 
 	bio = bio_map_kern(vblk->disk->queue, id_str, VIRTIO_BLK_ID_BYTES,
 			   GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -215,7 +216,10 @@ static int virtblk_get_id(struct gendisk *disk, char *id_str)
 	}
 
 	req->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
-	return blk_execute_rq(vblk->disk->queue, vblk->disk, req, false);
+	err = blk_execute_rq(vblk->disk->queue, vblk->disk, req, false);
+	blk_put_request(req);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int virtblk_locked_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,