diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
index 442f67774ea9db97526de6ac05e43dc57416fd44..de3dc87226bb609e32a63b5b7ab650e50f088c2c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static void nvme_nvm_end_io(struct request *rq, int error)
 	rqd->ppa_status = nvme_req(rq)->result.u64;
 	nvm_end_io(rqd, error);
 
-	kfree(rq->cmd);
+	kfree(nvme_req(rq)->cmd);
 	blk_mq_free_request(rq);
 }