diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
index 0002caf687dd..eb3b5c0f299f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
@@ -1858,6 +1858,7 @@ void bnx2fc_process_scsi_cmd_compl(struct bnx2fc_cmd *io_req,
 		/* we will not receive ABTS response for this IO */
 		BNX2FC_IO_DBG(io_req, "Timer context finished processing "
 			   "this scsi cmd\n");
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Cancel the timeout_work, as we received IO completion */