--- x/block/bio.c
+++ y/block/bio.c
@@ -1208,11 +1208,8 @@ static int bio_iov_add_page(struct bio *
 
 	if (!__bio_try_merge_page(bio, page, len, offset, &same_page)) {
 		__bio_add_page(bio, page, len, offset);
-		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (same_page)
-		bio_release_page(bio, page);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1225,8 +1222,6 @@ static int bio_iov_add_zone_append_page(
 	if (bio_add_hw_page(q, bio, page, len, offset,
 			queue_max_zone_append_sectors(q), &same_page) != len)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (same_page)
-		bio_release_page(bio, page);
 	return 0;
 }