diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index a062d75109cb..eb2e0cfbe2d2 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ struct kioctx {
 	struct page		**ring_pages;
 	long			nr_pages;
 
-	struct work_struct	free_work;
+	struct rcu_head		free_rcu;
+	struct work_struct	free_work;	/* see free_ioctx() */
 
 	/*
 	 * signals when all in-flight requests are done
@@ -588,6 +589,12 @@ static int kiocb_cancel(struct aio_kiocb *kiocb)
 	return cancel(&kiocb->common);
 }
 
+/*
+ * free_ioctx() should be RCU delayed to synchronize against the RCU
+ * protected lookup_ioctx() and also needs process context to call
+ * aio_free_ring(), so the double bouncing through kioctx->free_rcu and
+ * ->free_work.
+ */
 static void free_ioctx(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(work, struct kioctx, free_work);
@@ -601,6 +608,14 @@ static void free_ioctx(struct work_struct *work)
 	kmem_cache_free(kioctx_cachep, ctx);
 }
 
+static void free_ioctx_rcufn(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(head, struct kioctx, free_rcu);
+
+	INIT_WORK(&ctx->free_work, free_ioctx);
+	schedule_work(&ctx->free_work);
+}
+
 static void free_ioctx_reqs(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
 	struct kioctx *ctx = container_of(ref, struct kioctx, reqs);
@@ -609,8 +624,8 @@ static void free_ioctx_reqs(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	if (ctx->rq_wait && atomic_dec_and_test(&ctx->rq_wait->count))
 		complete(&ctx->rq_wait->comp);
 
-	INIT_WORK(&ctx->free_work, free_ioctx);
-	schedule_work(&ctx->free_work);
+	/* Synchronize against RCU protected table->table[] dereferences */
+	call_rcu(&ctx->free_rcu, free_ioctx_rcufn);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -838,7 +853,7 @@ static int kill_ioctx(struct mm_struct *mm, struct kioctx *ctx,
 	table->table[ctx->id] = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&mm->ioctx_lock);
 
-	/* percpu_ref_kill() will do the necessary call_rcu() */
+	/* free_ioctx_reqs() will do the necessary RCU synchronization */
 	wake_up_all(&ctx->wait);
 
 	/*