Ricardo Fuller will return to Southampton as his loan deal at Ipswich is over with the striker facing a two-match ban.
The 26-year-old's stay was due to finish after Saturday's trip to Hull,
a fixture Fuller is now suspended for.
Ipswich boss Joe Royle said: "It's been well documented that I would have like to have kept him.
"But I can understand the board's position as well with him on Premiership wages," he added.