diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
index 3f52932e9e413..55987e35af2dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ void gsi_trans_free(struct gsi_trans *trans)
 	if (!last)
 		return;
 
-	ipa_gsi_trans_release(trans);
+	if (trans->used_count)
+		ipa_gsi_trans_release(trans);
 
 	/* Releasing the reserved TREs implicitly frees the sgl[] and
 	 * (if present) info[] arrays, plus the transaction itself.