spin_lock_irqsave(&target->lock, flags);
        iu = __srp_get_tx_iu(target, SRP_IU_CMD);
-       if (iu) {
-               req = list_first_entry(&target->free_reqs, struct srp_request,
-                                     list);
-               list_del(&req->list);
-       }
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target->lock, flags);
-
        if (!iu)
-               goto err;
+               goto err_unlock;
+
+       req = list_first_entry(&target->free_reqs, struct srp_request, list);
+       list_del(&req->list);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target->lock, flags);
 
        dev = target->srp_host->srp_dev->dev;
        ib_dma_sync_single_for_cpu(dev, iu->dma, srp_max_iu_len,
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&target->lock, flags);
        list_add(&req->list, &target->free_reqs);
+
+err_unlock:
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target->lock, flags);
 
 err: