diff --git a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
index 657d21775..1399eb187 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/nvmf.c
@@ -1242,5 +1242,6 @@ spdk_nvmf_poll_group_get_stat(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt,
 	ch = spdk_get_io_channel(tgt);
 	group = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
 	*stat = group->stat;
+	spdk_put_io_channel(ch);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/rdma.c b/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
index 101cc4251..904dcf5f7 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/rdma.c
@@ -3698,6 +3698,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_rdma_poll_group_get_stat(struct spdk_nvmf_tgt *tgt,
 
 	ch = spdk_get_io_channel(tgt);
 	group = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);;
+	spdk_put_io_channel(ch);
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(tgroup, &group->tgroups, link) {
 		if (SPDK_NVME_TRANSPORT_RDMA == tgroup->transport->ops->type) {
 			*stat = calloc(1, sizeof(struct spdk_nvmf_transport_poll_group_stat));