diff --git a/hw/usb/combined-packet.c b/hw/usb/combined-packet.c
index 13f6602ad2..ad77705f8c 100644
--- a/hw/usb/combined-packet.c
+++ b/hw/usb/combined-packet.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static void usb_combined_packet_remove(USBCombinedPacket *combined,
     p->combined = NULL;
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(&combined->packets, p, combined_entry);
     if (QTAILQ_EMPTY(&combined->packets)) {
+        qemu_iovec_destroy(&combined->iov);
         g_free(combined);
     }
 }