diff --git a/net/kcm/kcmsock.c b/net/kcm/kcmsock.c
index 56dad9565bc9..3a8dea9c9f7a 100644
--- a/net/kcm/kcmsock.c
+++ b/net/kcm/kcmsock.c
@@ -1076,6 +1076,10 @@ static int kcm_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		sk->sk_write_space(sk);
 
 	release_sock(sk);
+
+	if (skb)
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+
 	return err;
 }