diff --git a/lib/event/subsystems/iscsi/iscsi_rpc.c b/lib/event/subsystems/iscsi/iscsi_rpc.c
index 49c3de0e5..fb96be070 100644
--- a/lib/event/subsystems/iscsi/iscsi_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/event/subsystems/iscsi/iscsi_rpc.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ spdk_rpc_iscsi_set_opts(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 			SPDK_ERRLOG("spdk_json_decode_object() failed\n");
 			spdk_jsonrpc_send_error_response(request, SPDK_JSONRPC_ERROR_INVALID_PARAMS,
 							 "Invalid parameters");
+			spdk_iscsi_opts_free(opts);
 			return;
 		}
 	}