diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
index 45f5077684f0a5b39c0645ddee831bf4071667d4..ecf97c5993e8d018128dd8087a39e055789dd254 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c
@@ -6642,6 +6642,8 @@ qlt_handle_abts_recv_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 	qlt_response_pkt_all_vps(vha, (response_t *)&op->atio);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
+
+	kfree(op);
 }
 
 void