diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_out.c b/net/netrom/nr_out.c
index 5e531394a724..2b3cbceb0b52 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_out.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_out.c
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ void nr_output(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		frontlen = skb_headroom(skb);
 
 		while (skb->len > 0) {
-			if ((skbn = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, frontlen + NR_MAX_PACKET_SIZE, 0, &err)) == NULL)
+			if ((skbn = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, frontlen + NR_MAX_PACKET_SIZE, 0, &err)) == NULL) {
+				kfree_skb(skb);
 				return;
+			}
 
 			skb_reserve(skbn, frontlen);