diff --git a/net/smc/smc_inet.c b/net/smc/smc_inet.c
index a5b2041600f9..e101c8eee187 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_inet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_inet.c
@@ -111,11 +111,17 @@ static struct inet_protosw smc_inet6_protosw = {
 static int smc_inet_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
+	int rc;
 
 	/* init common smc sock */
 	smc_sk_init(net, sk, IPPROTO_SMC);
 	/* create clcsock */
-	return smc_create_clcsk(net, sk, sk->sk_family);
+	rc = smc_create_clcsk(net, sk, sk->sk_family);
+
+	if (rc)
+		sk_common_release(sk);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 int __init smc_inet_init(void)