diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index a0b64831c455..596af20cddb4 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ bool io_aux_cqe(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, bool defer, u64 user_data, s32 res, u32
 static void __io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
+	struct io_rsrc_node *rsrc_node = NULL;
 
 	io_cq_lock(ctx);
 	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_CQE_SKIP))
@@ -990,7 +991,7 @@ static void __io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		}
 		io_put_kbuf_comp(req);
 		io_dismantle_req(req);
-		io_req_put_rsrc(req);
+		rsrc_node = req->rsrc_node;
 		/*
 		 * Selected buffer deallocation in io_clean_op() assumes that
 		 * we don't hold ->completion_lock. Clean them here to avoid
@@ -1001,6 +1002,8 @@ static void __io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		ctx->locked_free_nr++;
 	}
 	io_cq_unlock_post(ctx);
+
+	io_put_rsrc_node(rsrc_node);
 }
 
 void io_req_complete_post(struct io_kiocb *req, unsigned issue_flags)
@@ -1117,7 +1120,7 @@ __cold void io_free_req(struct io_kiocb *req)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
 
-	io_req_put_rsrc(req);
+	io_put_rsrc_node(req->rsrc_node);
 	io_dismantle_req(req);
 	io_put_task_remote(req->task, 1);
 
diff --git a/io_uring/rsrc.h b/io_uring/rsrc.h
index 950535e2b9f4..8164777279ba 100644
--- a/io_uring/rsrc.h
+++ b/io_uring/rsrc.h
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ static inline void io_rsrc_put_node(struct io_rsrc_node *node, int nr)
 		io_rsrc_node_ref_zero(node);
 }
 
-static inline void io_req_put_rsrc(struct io_kiocb *req)
+static inline void io_put_rsrc_node(struct io_rsrc_node *node)
 {
-	if (req->rsrc_node)
-		io_rsrc_put_node(req->rsrc_node, 1);
+	if (node)
+		io_rsrc_put_node(node, 1);
 }
 
 static inline void io_req_put_rsrc_locked(struct io_kiocb *req,