diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
index c5ab1b0037fc..2bf96d33428a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -1559,6 +1559,8 @@ static int storvsc_queuecommand(struct Scsi_Host *host, struct scsi_cmnd *scmnd)
 	ret = storvsc_do_io(dev, cmd_request);
 
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		if (payload_sz > sizeof(cmd_request->mpb))
+			kfree(payload);
 		/* no more space */
 		return SCSI_MLQUEUE_DEVICE_BUSY;
 	}