diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 867841c56a6da464ecec98713a55f0ba42db0537..d768408734207b419b7e6be82098d53fd812ad60 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ static struct socket *nbd_get_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long fd,
 	if (sock->ops->shutdown == sock_no_shutdown) {
 		dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unsupported socket: shutdown callout must be supported.\n");
 		*err = -EINVAL;
+		sockfd_put(sock);
 		return NULL;
 	}