diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index d7bae94b64d9..3d78e843a83f 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ static int bsg_sg_io(struct request_queue *q, fmode_t mode, void __user *uarg)
 		return PTR_ERR(rq);
 
 	ret = q->bsg_dev.ops->fill_hdr(rq, &hdr, mode);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		blk_put_request(rq);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	rq->timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(hdr.timeout);
 	if (!rq->timeout)