diff --cc fs/fuse/inode.c
index 516ea2979a90,02869edf72f3..3a5d88878335
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@@ -954,7 -959,9 +966,9 @@@ void fuse_conn_put(struct fuse_conn *fc
  			WARN_ON(atomic_read(&bucket->count) != 1);
  			kfree(bucket);
  		}
+ 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH))
+ 			fuse_backing_files_free(fc);
 -		fc->release(fc);
 +		call_rcu(&fc->rcu, delayed_release);
  	}
  }
  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fuse_conn_put);