diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 7e6cdde62ead261e6140c30cc51d8517e0b65aac..b1a77b11f08915b01a18bf14d6cb2817160558da 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ static void do_ubd_request(struct request_queue *q)
 					       "errno = %d\n", -n);
 				else if(list_empty(&dev->restart))
 					list_add(&dev->restart, &restart);
+				kfree(io_req);
 				return;
 			}