diff --git a/lib/bdev/bdev.c b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
index 3d7481d20..ed4e8aabc 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/bdev.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/bdev.c
@@ -4779,8 +4779,7 @@ spdk_bdev_set_qos_rate_limits(struct spdk_bdev *bdev, uint64_t *limits,
 			if (!bdev->internal.qos) {
 				pthread_mutex_unlock(&bdev->internal.mutex);
 				SPDK_ERRLOG("Unable to allocate memory for QoS tracking\n");
-				free(ctx);
-				cb_fn(cb_arg, -ENOMEM);
+				_spdk_bdev_set_qos_limit_done(ctx, -ENOMEM);
 				return;
 			}
 		}