diff --git a/sys/dev/iscsi/iscsi.c b/sys/dev/iscsi/iscsi.c
index 5805bf0d8713..7172ec019b14 100644
--- a/sys/dev/iscsi/iscsi.c
+++ b/sys/dev/iscsi/iscsi.c
@@ -2222,6 +2222,7 @@ iscsi_action_scsiio(struct iscsi_session *is, union ccb *ccb)
 
 		error = icl_pdu_append_data(request, csio->data_ptr, len, M_NOWAIT);
 		if (error != 0) {
+			iscsi_outstanding_remove(is, io);
 			icl_pdu_free(request);
 			if ((ccb->ccb_h.status & CAM_DEV_QFRZN) == 0) {
 				xpt_freeze_devq(ccb->ccb_h.path, 1);