diff --git a/hw/ide/ahci.c b/hw/ide/ahci.c
index 476a728e6c9f..3290e8704645 100644
--- a/hw/ide/ahci.c
+++ b/hw/ide/ahci.c
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ static void ncq_err(NCQTransferState *ncq_tfs)
     ide_state->error = ABRT_ERR;
     ide_state->status = READY_STAT | ERR_STAT;
     ncq_tfs->drive->port_regs.scr_err |= (1 << ncq_tfs->tag);
+    qemu_sglist_destroy(&ncq_tfs->sglist);
     ncq_tfs->used = 0;
 }
 
@@ -1024,7 +1025,6 @@ static void execute_ncq_command(NCQTransferState *ncq_tfs)
     default:
         DPRINTF(port, "error: unsupported NCQ command (0x%02x) received\n",
                 ncq_tfs->cmd);
-        qemu_sglist_destroy(&ncq_tfs->sglist);
         ncq_err(ncq_tfs);
     }
 }
@@ -1091,7 +1091,6 @@ static void process_ncq_command(AHCIState *s, int port, uint8_t *cmd_fis,
         error_report("ahci: PRDT length for NCQ command (0x%zx) "
                      "is smaller than the requested size (0x%zx)",
                      ncq_tfs->sglist.size, size);
-        qemu_sglist_destroy(&ncq_tfs->sglist);
         ncq_err(ncq_tfs);
         ahci_trigger_irq(ad->hba, ad, PORT_IRQ_OVERFLOW);
         return;
diff --git a/hw/ide/core.c b/hw/ide/core.c
index 4a6adbcd94c4..5d9def646a4a 100644
--- a/hw/ide/core.c
+++ b/hw/ide/core.c
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ static void ide_dma_cb(void *opaque, int ret)
     if (ret < 0) {
         if (ide_handle_rw_error(s, -ret, ide_dma_cmd_to_retry(s->dma_cmd))) {
             s->bus->dma->aiocb = NULL;
+            dma_buf_commit(s, 0);
             return;
         }
     }