--- a/fs/afs/cmservice.c
+++ b/fs/afs/cmservice.c
@@ -244,6 +244,17 @@ static void afs_cm_destructor(struct afs
 }
 
 /*
+ * Abort a service call from within an action function.
+ */
+static void afs_abort_service_call(struct afs_call *call, u32 abort_code, int error,
+				   const char *why)
+{
+	rxrpc_kernel_abort_call(call->net->socket, call->rxcall,
+				abort_code, error, why);
+	afs_set_call_complete(call, error, 0);
+}
+
+/*
  * The server supplied a list of callbacks that it wanted to break.
  */
 static void SRXAFSCB_CallBack(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -510,8 +521,7 @@ static void SRXAFSCB_ProbeUuid(struct wo
 	if (memcmp(r, &call->net->uuid, sizeof(call->net->uuid)) == 0)
 		afs_send_empty_reply(call);
 	else
-		rxrpc_kernel_abort_call(call->net->socket, call->rxcall,
-					1, 1, "K-1");
+		afs_abort_service_call(call, 1, 1, "K-1");
 
 	afs_put_call(call);
 	_leave("");
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ struct afs_call {
 	};
 	unsigned char		unmarshall;	/* unmarshalling phase */
 	unsigned char		addr_ix;	/* Address in ->alist */
-	bool			incoming;	/* T if incoming call */
+	bool			drop_ref;	/* T if need to drop ref for incoming call */
 	bool			send_pages;	/* T if data from mapping should be sent */
 	bool			need_attention;	/* T if RxRPC poked us */
 	bool			async;		/* T if asynchronous */
@@ -1209,8 +1209,16 @@ static inline void afs_set_call_complete
 		ok = true;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&call->state_lock);
-	if (ok)
+	if (ok) {
 		trace_afs_call_done(call);
+
+		/* Asynchronous calls have two refs to release - one from the alloc and
+		 * one queued with the work item - and we can't just deallocate the
+		 * call because the work item may be queued again.
+		 */
+		if (call->drop_ref)
+			afs_put_call(call);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
--- a/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
+++ b/fs/afs/rxrpc.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ struct workqueue_struct *afs_async_calls
 
 static void afs_wake_up_call_waiter(struct sock *, struct rxrpc_call *, unsigned long);
 static void afs_wake_up_async_call(struct sock *, struct rxrpc_call *, unsigned long);
-static void afs_delete_async_call(struct work_struct *);
 static void afs_process_async_call(struct work_struct *);
 static void afs_rx_new_call(struct sock *, struct rxrpc_call *, unsigned long);
 static void afs_rx_discard_new_call(struct rxrpc_call *, unsigned long);
@@ -402,8 +401,10 @@ void afs_make_call(struct afs_addr_curso
 	/* If the call is going to be asynchronous, we need an extra ref for
 	 * the call to hold itself so the caller need not hang on to its ref.
 	 */
-	if (call->async)
+	if (call->async) {
 		afs_get_call(call, afs_call_trace_get);
+		call->drop_ref = true;
+	}
 
 	/* create a call */
 	rxcall = rxrpc_kernel_begin_call(call->net->socket, srx, call->key,
@@ -584,8 +585,6 @@ static void afs_deliver_to_call(struct a
 done:
 	if (call->type->done)
 		call->type->done(call);
-	if (state == AFS_CALL_COMPLETE && call->incoming)
-		afs_put_call(call);
 out:
 	_leave("");
 	return;
@@ -745,21 +744,6 @@ static void afs_wake_up_async_call(struc
 }
 
 /*
- * Delete an asynchronous call.  The work item carries a ref to the call struct
- * that we need to release.
- */
-static void afs_delete_async_call(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct afs_call *call = container_of(work, struct afs_call, async_work);
-
-	_enter("");
-
-	afs_put_call(call);
-
-	_leave("");
-}
-
-/*
  * Perform I/O processing on an asynchronous call.  The work item carries a ref
  * to the call struct that we either need to release or to pass on.
  */
@@ -774,16 +758,6 @@ static void afs_process_async_call(struc
 		afs_deliver_to_call(call);
 	}
 
-	if (call->state == AFS_CALL_COMPLETE) {
-		/* We have two refs to release - one from the alloc and one
-		 * queued with the work item - and we can't just deallocate the
-		 * call because the work item may be queued again.
-		 */
-		call->async_work.func = afs_delete_async_call;
-		if (!queue_work(afs_async_calls, &call->async_work))
-			afs_put_call(call);
-	}
-
 	afs_put_call(call);
 	_leave("");
 }
@@ -810,6 +784,7 @@ void afs_charge_preallocation(struct wor
 			if (!call)
 				break;
 
+			call->drop_ref = true;
 			call->async = true;
 			call->state = AFS_CALL_SV_AWAIT_OP_ID;
 			init_waitqueue_head(&call->waitq);
