diff --git a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
index ed1644e7683f..d642d06a453b 100644
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ void afs_make_call(struct afs_addr_cursor *ac, struct afs_call *call, gfp_t gfp)
 	if (call->async) {
 		if (cancel_work_sync(&call->async_work))
 			afs_put_call(call);
-		afs_put_call(call);
+		afs_set_call_complete(call, ret, 0);
 	}
 
 	ac->error = ret;