diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 9b8d4d42a8af4..c07462320f6b5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static int nfs_flush_multi(struct nfs_pageio_descriptor *desc, struct list_head
 	while (!list_empty(res)) {
 		data = list_entry(res->next, struct nfs_write_data, list);
 		list_del(&data->list);
-		nfs_writedata_free(data);
+		nfs_writedata_release(data);
 	}
 	nfs_redirty_request(req);
 	return -ENOMEM;