diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index 91dba4ec5d..909a565184 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -649,8 +649,7 @@ static bool nvme_add_io_queue(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     };
     if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to create CQ io queue [%d]", n);
-        nvme_free_queue_pair(q);
-        return false;
+        goto out_error;
     }
     cmd = (NvmeCmd) {
         .opcode = NVME_ADM_CMD_CREATE_SQ,
@@ -660,13 +659,15 @@ static bool nvme_add_io_queue(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
     };
     if (nvme_cmd_sync(bs, s->queues[INDEX_ADMIN], &cmd)) {
         error_setg(errp, "Failed to create SQ io queue [%d]", n);
-        nvme_free_queue_pair(q);
-        return false;
+        goto out_error;
     }
     s->queues = g_renew(NVMeQueuePair *, s->queues, n + 1);
     s->queues[n] = q;
     s->nr_queues++;
     return true;
+out_error:
+    nvme_free_queue_pair(q);
+    return false;
 }
 
 static bool nvme_poll_cb(void *opaque)