1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 2aafafca2b13..1101e251a629 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/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,