diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_reloc.c b/lib/ftl/ftl_reloc.c
index a4e22e4a09..cdc4a57b46 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_reloc.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_reloc.c
@@ -624,10 +624,26 @@ ftl_band_reloc_init(struct ftl_reloc *reloc, struct ftl_band_reloc *breloc,
 static void
 ftl_band_reloc_free(struct ftl_band_reloc *breloc)
 {
+	struct ftl_reloc *reloc = breloc->parent;
+	struct ftl_io *io;
+	size_t i, num_ios;
+
 	if (!breloc) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (breloc->active) {
+		num_ios = spdk_ring_dequeue(breloc->write_queue, (void **)reloc->io, reloc->max_qdepth);
+		for (i = 0; i < num_ios; ++i) {
+			io = reloc->io[i];
+			if (io->flags & FTL_IO_INITIALIZED) {
+				ftl_reloc_free_io(breloc, io);
+			}
+		}
+
+		ftl_reloc_release_io(breloc);
+	}
+
 	spdk_ring_free(breloc->free_queue);
 	spdk_ring_free(breloc->write_queue);
 	spdk_bit_array_free(&breloc->reloc_map);