diff --git a/hw/scsi/mptsas.c b/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
index 333cc1fb97d604b2d008682342caab8fe053c00b..1ce32261b55292c0c6262449623631b310e775c9 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ reply_maybe_async:
             reply_async->IOCLogInfo = count;
             return;
         }
+        g_free(reply_async);
         reply.TerminationCount = count;
         break;