diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 017c0117d1543a784dfe5130396c74f80879131a..074df5a564dba521a343d819e1c87af136d08ef2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1377,7 +1377,8 @@ bc_svc_process(struct svc_serv *serv, struct rpc_rqst *req,
 						sizeof(req->rq_snd_buf));
 		return bc_send(req);
 	} else {
-		/* Nothing to do to drop request */
+		/* drop request */
+		xprt_free_bc_request(req);
 		return 0;
 	}
 }