diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index 124d8179b2ad..137e963cd51d 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int pblk_recov_pad_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	rq_ppas = pblk_calc_secs(pblk, left_ppas, 0, false);
 	if (rq_ppas < pblk->min_write_pgs) {
 		pblk_err(pblk, "corrupted pad line %d\n", line->id);
-		goto fail_free_pad;
+		goto fail_complete;
 	}
 
 	rq_len = rq_ppas * geo->csecs;
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int pblk_recov_pad_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 						PBLK_VMALLOC_META, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (IS_ERR(bio)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(bio);
-		goto fail_free_pad;
+		goto fail_complete;
 	}
 
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = 0; /* internal bio */
@@ -226,8 +226,11 @@ static int pblk_recov_pad_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	rqd = pblk_alloc_rqd(pblk, PBLK_WRITE_INT);
 
 	ret = pblk_alloc_rqd_meta(pblk, rqd);
-	if (ret)
-		goto fail_free_rqd;
+	if (ret) {
+		pblk_free_rqd(pblk, rqd, PBLK_WRITE_INT);
+		bio_put(bio);
+		goto fail_complete;
+	}
 
 	rqd->bio = bio;
 	rqd->opcode = NVM_OP_PWRITE;
@@ -274,7 +277,10 @@ static int pblk_recov_pad_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	if (ret) {
 		pblk_err(pblk, "I/O submission failed: %d\n", ret);
 		pblk_up_chunk(pblk, rqd->ppa_list[0]);
-		goto fail_free_rqd;
+		kref_put(&pad_rq->ref, pblk_recov_complete);
+		pblk_free_rqd(pblk, rqd, PBLK_WRITE_INT);
+		bio_put(bio);
+		goto fail_complete;
 	}
 
 	left_line_ppas -= rq_ppas;
@@ -282,6 +288,7 @@ static int pblk_recov_pad_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	if (left_ppas && left_line_ppas)
 		goto next_pad_rq;
 
+fail_complete:
 	kref_put(&pad_rq->ref, pblk_recov_complete);
 
 	if (!wait_for_completion_io_timeout(&pad_rq->wait,
@@ -297,14 +304,6 @@ static int pblk_recov_pad_line(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 free_rq:
 	kfree(pad_rq);
 	return ret;
-
-fail_free_rqd:
-	pblk_free_rqd(pblk, rqd, PBLK_WRITE_INT);
-	bio_put(bio);
-fail_free_pad:
-	kfree(pad_rq);
-	vfree(data);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static int pblk_pad_distance(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)