diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 42a6263e7809..5fc7521e05a4 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -2199,9 +2199,15 @@ int fuse_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (fud) {
 		struct fuse_conn *fc = fud->fc;
 		struct fuse_pqueue *fpq = &fud->pq;
+		LIST_HEAD(to_end);
 
+		spin_lock(&fpq->lock);
 		WARN_ON(!list_empty(&fpq->io));
-		end_requests(fc, &fpq->processing);
+		list_splice_init(&fpq->processing, &to_end);
+		spin_unlock(&fpq->lock);
+
+		end_requests(fc, &to_end);
+
 		/* Are we the last open device? */
 		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&fc->dev_count)) {
 			WARN_ON(fc->iq.fasync != NULL);