diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 11b575f89856b55d0307c06513cc4695909cba2a..ef58e41287820dd23d0066c4aede6b3822983299 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2544,6 +2544,9 @@ static void ppp_destroy_interface(struct ppp *ppp)
 	ppp->active_filter = NULL;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPP_FILTER */
 
+	if (ppp->xmit_pending)
+		kfree_skb(ppp->xmit_pending);
+
 	kfree(ppp);
 }