diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index b86f6e1f21b5..4b4ca2a9524d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -2166,8 +2166,10 @@ static int __qlt_24xx_handle_abts(struct scsi_qla_host *vha,
 
 	abort_cmd = ha->tgt.tgt_ops->find_cmd_by_tag(sess,
 				le32_to_cpu(abts->exchange_addr_to_abort));
-	if (!abort_cmd)
+	if (!abort_cmd) {
+		mempool_free(mcmd, qla_tgt_mgmt_cmd_mempool);
 		return -EIO;
+	}
 	mcmd->unpacked_lun = abort_cmd->se_cmd.orig_fe_lun;
 
 	if (abort_cmd->qpair) {