static void afs_wake_up_call_waiter(struct sock *, struct rxrpc_call *, unsigned long);
 static long afs_wait_for_call_to_complete(struct afs_call *, struct afs_addr_cursor *);
 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);
                }
        }
 
+       /* 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)
+               afs_get_call(call, afs_call_trace_get);
+
        /* create a call */
        rxcall = rxrpc_kernel_begin_call(call->net->socket, srx, call->key,
                                         (unsigned long)call,
                        goto error_do_abort;
        }
 
-       /* at this point, an async call may no longer exist as it may have
-        * already completed */
-       if (call->async)
+       /* Note that at this point, we may have received the reply or an abort
+        * - and an asynchronous call may already have completed.
+        */
+       if (call->async) {
+               afs_put_call(call);
                return -EINPROGRESS;
+       }
 
        return afs_wait_for_call_to_complete(call, ac);
 
 error_do_abort:
-       call->state = AFS_CALL_COMPLETE;
        if (ret != -ECONNABORTED) {
                rxrpc_kernel_abort_call(call->net->socket, rxcall,
                                        RX_USER_ABORT, ret, "KSD");
 error_kill_call:
        if (call->type->done)
                call->type->done(call);
-       afs_put_call(call);
+
+       /* We need to dispose of the extra ref we grabbed for an async call.
+        * The call, however, might be queued on afs_async_calls and we need to
+        * make sure we don't get any more notifications that might requeue it.
+        */
+       if (call->rxcall) {
+               rxrpc_kernel_end_call(call->net->socket, call->rxcall);
+               call->rxcall = NULL;
+       }
+       if (call->async) {
+               if (cancel_work_sync(&call->async_work))
+                       afs_put_call(call);
+               afs_put_call(call);
+       }
+
        ac->error = ret;
+       call->state = AFS_CALL_COMPLETE;
+       afs_put_call(call);
        _leave(" = %d", ret);
        return ret;
 }
 
 enum afs_call_trace {
        afs_call_trace_alloc,
        afs_call_trace_free,
+       afs_call_trace_get,
        afs_call_trace_put,
        afs_call_trace_wake,
        afs_call_trace_work,
 #define afs_call_traces \
        EM(afs_call_trace_alloc,                "ALLOC") \
        EM(afs_call_trace_free,                 "FREE ") \
+       EM(afs_call_trace_get,                  "GET  ") \
        EM(afs_call_trace_put,                  "PUT  ") \
        EM(afs_call_trace_wake,                 "WAKE ") \
        E_(afs_call_trace_work,                 "WORK ")