diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
index f404f55b31917a3daac4ea9787e130786ad6b3b8..c461f2aac610ea6a8580c504c9a2fbb9dcb92979 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/lcs.c
@@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ lcs_send_lancmd(struct lcs_card *card, struct lcs_buffer *buffer,
 	add_timer(&timer);
 	wait_event(reply->wait_q, reply->received);
 	del_timer_sync(&timer);
+	destroy_timer_on_stack(&timer);
 	LCS_DBF_TEXT_(4, trace, "rc:%d",reply->rc);
 	rc = reply->rc;
 	lcs_put_reply(reply);