1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 35ff9fef68bd..35bd0206bbb3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2975,6 +2975,12 @@ static int ext4_register_li_request(struct super_block *sb,
         mutex_unlock(&ext4_li_info->li_list_mtx);
 
         sbi->s_li_request = elr;
+        /*
+         * set elr to NULL here since it has been inserted to
+         * the request_list and the removal and free of it is
+         * handled by ext4_clear_request_list from now on.
+         */
+        elr = NULL;
 
         if (!(ext4_li_info->li_state & EXT4_LAZYINIT_RUNNING)) {
                 ret = ext4_run_lazyinit_thread();