diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index 4f495a41ec4aae..2d92549e524319 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -353,12 +353,13 @@ static void scsi_host_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 
 	if (shost->shost_state == SHOST_CREATED) {
 		/*
-		 * Free the shost_dev device name here if scsi_host_alloc()
-		 * and scsi_host_put() have been called but neither
+		 * Free the shost_dev device name and remove the proc host dir
+		 * here if scsi_host_{alloc,put}() have been called but neither
 		 * scsi_host_add() nor scsi_remove_host() has been called.
 		 * This avoids that the memory allocated for the shost_dev
-		 * name is leaked.
+		 * name as well as the proc dir structure are leaked.
 		 */
+		scsi_proc_hostdir_rm(shost->hostt);
 		kfree(dev_name(&shost->shost_dev));
 	}