diff --git a/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c b/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
index 99ea42d49b..ad5f5e5f39 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ static void lsi_do_msgout(LSIState *s)
             trace_lsi_do_msgout_abort(current_tag);
             if (current_req && current_req->req) {
                 scsi_req_cancel(current_req->req);
-                current_req->req = NULL;
+                current_req = NULL;
             }
             lsi_disconnect(s);
             break;
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ static void lsi_do_msgout(LSIState *s)
             /* clear the current I/O process */
             if (s->current) {
                 scsi_req_cancel(s->current->req);
+                current_req = NULL;
             }
 
             /* As the current implemented devices scsi_disk and scsi_generic
diff --git a/tests/qtest/fuzz-lsi53c895a-test.c b/tests/qtest/fuzz-lsi53c895a-test.c
index 2e8e67859e..b23d3ecf45 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/fuzz-lsi53c895a-test.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/fuzz-lsi53c895a-test.c
@@ -8,6 +8,79 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "libqtest.h"
 
+/*
+ * This used to trigger a UAF in lsi_do_msgout()
+ * https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/972
+ */
+static void test_lsi_do_msgout_cancel_req(void)
+{
+    QTestState *s;
+
+    if (sizeof(void *) == 4) {
+        g_test_skip("memory size too big for 32-bit build");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    s = qtest_init("-M q35 -m 4G -display none -nodefaults "
+                   "-device lsi53c895a,id=scsi "
+                   "-device scsi-hd,drive=disk0 "
+                   "-drive file=null-co://,id=disk0,if=none,format=raw");
+
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xcf8, 0x80000810);
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xcf8, 0xc000);
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xcf8, 0x80000810);
+    qtest_outw(s, 0xcfc, 0x7);
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xcf8, 0x80000810);
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xcfc, 0xc000);
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xcf8, 0x80000804);
+    qtest_outw(s, 0xcfc, 0x05);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c10, 0x08);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c13, 0x58);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c1a, 0x01);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c1b, 0x06);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c22, 0x01);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c23, 0x07);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c2b, 0x02);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c48, 0x08);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c4b, 0x58);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c52, 0x04);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c53, 0x06);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x69736c5b, 0x02);
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xc02d, 0x697300);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a554662, 0x01);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a554663, 0x07);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a55466a, 0x10);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a55466b, 0x22);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a55466c, 0x5a);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a55466d, 0x5a);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a55466e, 0x34);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a55466f, 0x5a);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a345a5a, 0x77);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a345a5b, 0x55);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a345a5c, 0x51);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a345a5d, 0x27);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x27515577, 0x41);
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xc02d, 0x5a5500);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x364001d0, 0x08);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x364001d3, 0x58);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x364001da, 0x01);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x364001db, 0x26);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x364001dc, 0x0d);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x364001dd, 0xae);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x364001de, 0x41);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x364001df, 0x5a);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a41ae0d, 0xf8);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a41ae0e, 0x36);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a41ae0f, 0xd7);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x5a41ae10, 0x36);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x36d736f8, 0x0c);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x36d736f9, 0x80);
+    qtest_writeb(s, 0x36d736fa, 0x0d);
+    qtest_outl(s, 0xc02d, 0x364000);
+
+    qtest_quit(s);
+}
+
 /*
  * This used to trigger the assert in lsi_do_dma()
  * https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/697510
@@ -44,5 +117,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     qtest_add_func("fuzz/lsi53c895a/lsi_do_dma_empty_queue",
                    test_lsi_do_dma_empty_queue);
 
+    qtest_add_func("fuzz/lsi53c895a/lsi_do_msgout_cancel_req",
+                   test_lsi_do_msgout_cancel_req);
+
     return g_test_run();
 }