diff --git a/hw/block/nvme.c b/hw/block/nvme.c
index c04e244677..c2aed4d104 100644
--- a/hw/block/nvme.c
+++ b/hw/block/nvme.c
@@ -569,6 +569,10 @@ static void nvme_rw_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
     if (req->qsg.nalloc) {
         qemu_sglist_destroy(&req->qsg);
     }
+    if (req->iov.nalloc) {
+        qemu_iovec_destroy(&req->iov);
+    }
+
     nvme_enqueue_req_completion(cq, req);
 }