diff --git a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_iocb.c b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_iocb.c
index 4db13a43a..c219f67b5 100644
--- a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_iocb.c
+++ b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_iocb.c
@@ -2576,6 +2576,20 @@ qla24xx_tm_iocb(srb_t *sp, struct tsk_mgmt_entry *tsk)
 	}
 }
 
+static void
+qla2x00_async_done(struct srb *sp, int res)
+{
+	if (del_timer(&sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer)) {
+		/*
+		 * Successfully cancelled the timeout handler
+		 * ref: TMR
+		 */
+		if (kref_put(&sp->cmd_kref, qla2x00_sp_release))
+			return;
+	}
+	sp->async_done(sp, res);
+}
+
 void
 qla2x00_sp_release(struct kref *kref)
 {
@@ -2589,7 +2603,8 @@ qla2x00_init_async_sp(srb_t *sp, unsigned long tmo,
 		     void (*done)(struct srb *sp, int res))
 {
 	timer_setup(&sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer, qla2x00_sp_timeout, 0);
-	sp->done = done;
+	sp->done = qla2x00_async_done;
+	sp->async_done = done;
 	sp->free = qla2x00_sp_free;
 	sp->u.iocb_cmd.timeout = qla2x00_async_iocb_timeout;
 	sp->u.iocb_cmd.timer.expires = jiffies + tmo * HZ;