diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 4ff51da3b13f..73e8475ddc8a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -850,9 +850,11 @@ out_free_tagset:
 	if (new)
 		blk_mq_free_tag_set(ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset);
 out_free_async_qe:
-	nvme_rdma_free_qe(ctrl->device->dev, &ctrl->async_event_sqe,
-		sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-	ctrl->async_event_sqe.data = NULL;
+	if (ctrl->async_event_sqe.data) {
+		nvme_rdma_free_qe(ctrl->device->dev, &ctrl->async_event_sqe,
+			sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		ctrl->async_event_sqe.data = NULL;
+	}
 out_free_queue:
 	nvme_rdma_free_queue(&ctrl->queues[0]);
 	return error;