diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 7cd0a7f3bf43086fa097e8f7596d183c0099f890..780caf6b049188cd20e043f2206b23600223b820 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -1328,8 +1328,8 @@ static void kick_requests(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, int force_resend)
 
 		dout("kicking lingering %p tid %llu osd%d\n", req, req->r_tid,
 		     req->r_osd ? req->r_osd->o_osd : -1);
-		__unregister_linger_request(osdc, req);
 		__register_request(osdc, req);
+		__unregister_linger_request(osdc, req);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&osdc->request_mutex);