diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 70e3c0c1af50cec2c91696f14bf095768e862eb0..dbba51b69d212b449ec398aa2cdd26aa221ceb05 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -771,8 +771,14 @@ static int bpf_exec_tx_verdict(struct sk_msg *msg, struct sock *sk,
 
 	policy = !(flags & MSG_SENDPAGE_NOPOLICY);
 	psock = sk_psock_get(sk);
-	if (!psock || !policy)
-		return tls_push_record(sk, flags, record_type);
+	if (!psock || !policy) {
+		err = tls_push_record(sk, flags, record_type);
+		if (err) {
+			*copied -= sk_msg_free(sk, msg);
+			tls_free_open_rec(sk);
+		}
+		return err;
+	}
 more_data:
 	enospc = sk_msg_full(msg);
 	if (psock->eval == __SK_NONE) {