diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index 874e29d9533f..f84084bba2f0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ static struct domain_device *sas_ex_discover_expander(
 
 	res = sas_discover_expander(child);
 	if (res) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
+		list_del(&child->dev_list_node);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
 		kfree(child);
 		return NULL;
 	}