diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 3ca0cc467886..9fd4e9196f6a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ void inet_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(sk->sk_wmem_queued);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(sk_forward_alloc_get(sk));
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+	if (inet6_sk(sk))
+		txopt_put(inet6_sk(sk)->opt);
+#endif
 	kfree(rcu_dereference_protected(inet->inet_opt, 1));
 	dst_release(rcu_dereference_protected(sk->sk_dst_cache, 1));
 	dst_release(rcu_dereference_protected(sk->sk_rx_dst, 1));