struct request *req = iod_get_private(iod);
        struct nvme_cmd_info *cmd_rq = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
        u16 status = le16_to_cpup(&cqe->status) >> 1;
+       bool requeue = false;
        int error = 0;
 
        if (unlikely(status)) {
                    && (jiffies - req->start_time) < req->timeout) {
                        unsigned long flags;
 
+                       requeue = true;
                        blk_mq_requeue_request(req);
                        spin_lock_irqsave(req->q->queue_lock, flags);
                        if (!blk_queue_stopped(req->q))
                                blk_mq_kick_requeue_list(req->q);
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(req->q->queue_lock, flags);
-                       return;
+                       goto release_iod;
                }
 
                if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_DRV_PRIV) {
                        "completing aborted command with status:%04x\n",
                        error);
 
+release_iod:
        if (iod->nents) {
                dma_unmap_sg(nvmeq->dev->dev, iod->sg, iod->nents,
                        rq_data_dir(req) ? DMA_TO_DEVICE : DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
        }
        nvme_free_iod(nvmeq->dev, iod);
 
-       blk_mq_complete_request(req, error);
+       if (likely(!requeue))
+               blk_mq_complete_request(req, error);
 }
 
 /* length is in bytes.  gfp flags indicates whether we may sleep. */