diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
index b7ab643ef014e..9d20f8009b89f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pm8001/pm80xx_hwi.c
@@ -2185,9 +2185,9 @@ mpi_ssp_completion(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha, void *piomb)
 		pm8001_dbg(pm8001_ha, FAIL,
 			   "task 0x%p done with io_status 0x%x resp 0x%x stat 0x%x but aborted by upper layer!\n",
 			   t, status, ts->resp, ts->stat);
+		pm8001_ccb_task_free(pm8001_ha, t, ccb, tag);
 		if (t->slow_task)
 			complete(&t->slow_task->completion);
-		pm8001_ccb_task_free(pm8001_ha, t, ccb, tag);
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
 		pm8001_ccb_task_free(pm8001_ha, t, ccb, tag);
@@ -2794,9 +2794,9 @@ mpi_sata_completion(struct pm8001_hba_info *pm8001_ha,
 		pm8001_dbg(pm8001_ha, FAIL,
 			   "task 0x%p done with io_status 0x%x resp 0x%x stat 0x%x but aborted by upper layer!\n",
 			   t, status, ts->resp, ts->stat);
+		pm8001_ccb_task_free(pm8001_ha, t, ccb, tag);
 		if (t->slow_task)
 			complete(&t->slow_task->completion);
-		pm8001_ccb_task_free(pm8001_ha, t, ccb, tag);
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&t->task_state_lock, flags);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&circularQ->oq_lock,