diff --git a/net/can/j1939/socket.c b/net/can/j1939/socket.c
index 6dff45106..d1dafa8a2 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/socket.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/socket.c
@@ -1170,6 +1170,8 @@ static int j1939_sk_send_loop(struct j1939_priv *priv,  struct sock *sk,
 		if (todo_size != size)
 			ret = size - todo_size;
 		break;
+	case -EBUSY:
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 	default: /* ERROR */
 		break;
 	}