diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
index c944b17d0fc0c0c51e22a943774f8b6e3779af02..8ec5ed192b5d889f3211c6a955e656442ebd4fd9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211.c
@@ -1650,6 +1650,7 @@ static int ieee80211_master_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < headroom) {
 		if (pskb_expand_head(skb, headroom, 0, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+			dev_put(odev);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}