diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
index 457444894d80..b4b8ba00ee01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
@@ -2787,6 +2787,7 @@ static int ql_alloc_large_buffers(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 				netdev_err(qdev->ndev,
 					   "PCI mapping failed with error: %d\n",
 					   err);
+				dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 				ql_free_large_buffers(qdev);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}