diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 4f078c0..6a9c7e4 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@
 
 	/* everything turned out well, dispose of the aiocb. */
 	kiocb_free(iocb);
+	put_reqs_available(ctx, 1);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have to order our ring_info tail store above and test
@@ -1100,8 +1101,6 @@
 	flush_dcache_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
 
 	pr_debug("%li  h%u t%u\n", ret, head, tail);
-
-	put_reqs_available(ctx, ret);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->ring_lock);