diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
index 1f4733b80c877426fa337e67eebf708b5fb9b41c..f3b089b7c0b62ab22fd2aba11111f9bcecea50cd 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
@@ -442,8 +442,10 @@ static int xenbus_write_transaction(unsigned msg_type,
 		return xenbus_command_reply(u, XS_ERROR, "ENOENT");
 
 	rc = xenbus_dev_request_and_reply(&u->u.msg, u);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc && trans) {
+		list_del(&trans->list);
 		kfree(trans);
+	}
 
 out:
 	return rc;