diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 10d648ea128b..c8278f4046cb 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ out_bad:
 	while (!list_empty(&list)) {
 		data = list_entry(list.next, struct nfs_write_data, pages);
 		list_del(&data->pages);
-		nfs_writedata_release(data);
+		nfs_writedata_free(data);
 	}
 	nfs_redirty_request(req);
 	return -ENOMEM;