diff --git a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
index 8b1e6876db..a9fd8ea305 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static void vhost_user_scsi_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     VirtIOSCSICommon *vs = VIRTIO_SCSI_COMMON(dev);
     VHostUserSCSI *s = VHOST_USER_SCSI(dev);
     VHostSCSICommon *vsc = VHOST_SCSI_COMMON(s);
+    struct vhost_virtqueue *vqs = NULL;
     Error *err = NULL;
     int ret;
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ static void vhost_user_scsi_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     vsc->dev.vqs = g_new(struct vhost_virtqueue, vsc->dev.nvqs);
     vsc->dev.vq_index = 0;
     vsc->dev.backend_features = 0;
+    vqs = vsc->dev.vqs;
 
     ret = vhost_dev_init(&vsc->dev, &s->vhost_user,
                          VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER, 0);
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ static void vhost_user_scsi_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         error_setg(errp, "vhost-user-scsi: vhost initialization failed: %s",
                    strerror(-ret));
         vhost_user_cleanup(&s->vhost_user);
+        g_free(vqs);
         return;
     }