diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 46309ae1d405a8ad3580a744db66f47495f42c8d..e242f96550bd7059416dac2e4ec57f1e8af4fce3 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -1263,8 +1263,6 @@ static void __unregister_linger_request(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc,
 		if (list_empty(&req->r_osd_item))
 			req->r_osd = NULL;
 	}
-
-	list_del_init(&req->r_req_lru_item); /* can be on notarget */
 	ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
 }