diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
index cd70d0f9c..6ca02639b 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_rdma.c
@@ -1571,6 +1571,7 @@ nvme_rdma_ctrlr_create_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr,
 	SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_NVME, "rc =%d\n", rc);
 	if (rc) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("Unable to allocate rqpair RDMA requests\n");
+		free(rqpair);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_NVME, "RDMA requests allocated\n");
@@ -1579,6 +1580,8 @@ nvme_rdma_ctrlr_create_qpair(struct spdk_nvme_ctrlr *ctrlr,
 	SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_NVME, "rc =%d\n", rc);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("Unable to allocate rqpair RDMA responses\n");
+		nvme_rdma_free_reqs(rqpair);
+		free(rqpair);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	SPDK_DEBUGLOG(SPDK_LOG_NVME, "RDMA responses allocated\n");