diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/iguanair.c b/drivers/media/rc/iguanair.c
index 84949baf9f6b..c1343df0dbba 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/iguanair.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/iguanair.c
@@ -197,8 +197,10 @@ static int iguanair_send(struct iguanair *ir, unsigned size)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	if (wait_for_completion_timeout(&ir->completion, TIMEOUT) == 0)
+	if (wait_for_completion_timeout(&ir->completion, TIMEOUT) == 0) {
+		usb_kill_urb(ir->urb_out);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
 
 	return rc;
 }