diff --git a/hw/scsi/mptsas.c b/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
index 3f94d5ab55145e04310a17a35cf6049f2be96636..4d23f045d730dbf2ce8ed69a262d6c634a175c6a 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/mptsas.c
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ static void mptsas_free_request(MPTSASRequest *req)
         req->sreq->hba_private = NULL;
         scsi_req_unref(req->sreq);
         req->sreq = NULL;
-        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&s->pending, req, next);
     }
+    QTAILQ_REMOVE(&s->pending, req, next);
     qemu_sglist_destroy(&req->qsg);
     g_free(req);
 }