diff --git a/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev.c b/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev.c
index 2c9c05cef..7ff98f52e 100644
--- a/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev.c
+++ b/lib/scsi/scsi_bdev.c
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ bdev_scsi_task_complete_reset(struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io, bool success,
 {
 	struct spdk_scsi_task *task = cb_arg;
 
-	task->bdev_io = bdev_io;
+	spdk_bdev_free_io(bdev_io);
 
 	if (success) {
 		task->response = SPDK_SCSI_TASK_MGMT_RESP_SUCCESS;