diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
index 6a7943e487fb11ba0fc62966da01d5de66826d0a..75c8aa297107173362172b1924dbe42524e1eb73 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
@@ -1313,6 +1313,8 @@ static struct wil_ring *wil_find_tx_bcast_2(struct wil6210_priv *wil,
 			wil_dbg_txrx(wil, "BCAST DUP -> ring %d\n", i);
 			wil_set_da_for_vring(wil, skb2, i);
 			wil_tx_ring(wil, vif, v2, skb2);
+			/* successful call to wil_tx_ring takes skb2 ref */
+			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb2);
 		} else {
 			wil_err(wil, "skb_copy failed\n");
 		}