diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7c72a404455e..654e0f8b5bf7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0d04df9b4a83c50ebe2143f20c2d5469c83ba314
+refs/heads/master: 77bdd9ee1e1d94fa853c354dcde881ddc5d277a5
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
index 2d4f85c9d7a1..e0eab0a9bc4c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c
@@ -714,8 +714,10 @@ _ctl_do_mpt_command(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 
 		if (tm_request->TaskType ==
 		    MPI2_SCSITASKMGMT_TASKTYPE_ABORT_TASK) {
-			if (_ctl_do_task_abort(ioc, &karg, tm_request))
+			if (_ctl_do_task_abort(ioc, &karg, tm_request)) {
+				mpt2sas_base_free_smid(ioc, smid);
 				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 
 		mutex_lock(&ioc->tm_cmds.mutex);