diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 9544625c0b7d..518c5b09038c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -732,8 +732,11 @@ static void nvme_rdma_destroy_admin_queue(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl,
 		blk_cleanup_queue(ctrl->ctrl.admin_q);
 		nvme_rdma_free_tagset(&ctrl->ctrl, ctrl->ctrl.admin_tagset);
 	}
-	nvme_rdma_free_qe(ctrl->device->dev, &ctrl->async_event_sqe,
-		sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	if (ctrl->async_event_sqe.data) {
+		nvme_rdma_free_qe(ctrl->device->dev, &ctrl->async_event_sqe,
+				sizeof(struct nvme_command), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		ctrl->async_event_sqe.data = NULL;
+	}
 	nvme_rdma_free_queue(&ctrl->queues[0]);
 }