diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
index 10b075bc595966ac405751ade7cda6b78ed930d7..783ee6a32b5d2831589be0ed4188dd101835811e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
@@ -2788,6 +2788,7 @@ static int ql_alloc_large_buffers(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 				netdev_err(qdev->ndev,
 					   "PCI mapping failed with error: %d\n",
 					   err);
+				dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 				ql_free_large_buffers(qdev);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}