diff --git a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
index ae5ac175b2bef96ffa614bc799db5cd90a7bdc08..9da7368b0140f9e4a96794e21d66f487881987ba 100644
--- a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
+++ b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
@@ -658,7 +658,9 @@ static int qrtr_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	}
 
 	if (plen != len) {
-		skb_pad(skb, plen - len);
+		rc = skb_pad(skb, plen - len);
+		if (rc)
+			goto out_node;
 		skb_put(skb, plen - len);
 	}