diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
index c913e8c..443bbca 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_scsi.c
@@ -1012,14 +1012,6 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		/* Allocate iotag for psb->cur_iocbq. */
-		iotag = lpfc_sli_next_iotag(phba, &psb->cur_iocbq);
-		if (iotag == 0) {
-			pci_pool_free(phba->lpfc_scsi_dma_buf_pool,
-				psb->data, psb->dma_handle);
-			kfree(psb);
-			break;
-		}
 
 		lxri = lpfc_sli4_next_xritag(phba);
 		if (lxri == NO_XRI) {
@@ -1028,6 +1020,19 @@
 			kfree(psb);
 			break;
 		}
+
+		/* Allocate iotag for psb->cur_iocbq. */
+		iotag = lpfc_sli_next_iotag(phba, &psb->cur_iocbq);
+		if (iotag == 0) {
+			pci_pool_free(phba->lpfc_scsi_dma_buf_pool,
+				psb->data, psb->dma_handle);
+			kfree(psb);
+			lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_FCP,
+					"3368 Failed to allocated IOTAG for"
+					" XRI:0x%x\n", lxri);
+			lpfc_sli4_free_xri(phba, lxri);
+			break;
+		}
 		psb->cur_iocbq.sli4_lxritag = lxri;
 		psb->cur_iocbq.sli4_xritag = phba->sli4_hba.xri_ids[lxri];
 		psb->cur_iocbq.iocb_flag |= LPFC_IO_FCP;