diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 92a03ff5fb4d4392c8726a8cd556d9476fc5c0a1..4dbee893a047f364b6271089b10420ace8dad3b5 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -571,6 +571,12 @@ static void nvme_rdma_free_queue(struct nvme_rdma_queue *queue)
 	if (test_and_set_bit(NVME_RDMA_Q_DELETING, &queue->flags))
 		return;
 
+	if (nvme_rdma_queue_idx(queue) == 0) {
+		nvme_rdma_free_qe(queue->device->dev,
+			&queue->ctrl->async_event_sqe,
+			sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	}
+
 	nvme_rdma_destroy_queue_ib(queue);
 	rdma_destroy_id(queue->cm_id);
 }
@@ -739,8 +745,6 @@ static struct blk_mq_tag_set *nvme_rdma_alloc_tagset(struct nvme_ctrl *nctrl,
 static void nvme_rdma_destroy_admin_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		bool remove)
 {
-	nvme_rdma_free_qe(ctrl->queues[0].device->dev, &ctrl->async_event_sqe,
-			sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	nvme_rdma_stop_queue(&ctrl->queues[0]);
 	if (remove) {
 		blk_cleanup_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);