diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 73a875573e7ad5b7a95f7941e33f0d784a91d16d..31b5d8c8c34085b73b011c913cfe032f025cd2e0 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -3319,10 +3319,8 @@ int smc_create_clcsk(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, int family)
 
        rc = sock_create_kern(net, family, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP,
                              &smc->clcsock);
-       if (rc) {
-               sk_common_release(sk);
+       if (rc)
                return rc;
-       }
 
        /* smc_clcsock_release() does not wait smc->clcsock->sk's
         * destruction;  its sk_state might not be TCP_CLOSE after