diff --git a/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c b/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
index 6cf0d0bc1e8d621295c93a4c831b231cec764417..a90005eac8b1700031a874e3300a3d363ec57bb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
@@ -261,8 +261,10 @@ int can_rx_offload_queue_tail(struct can_rx_offload *offload,
 			      struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (skb_queue_len(&offload->skb_queue) >
-	    offload->skb_queue_len_max)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	    offload->skb_queue_len_max) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
 
 	skb_queue_tail(&offload->skb_queue, skb);
 	can_rx_offload_schedule(offload);