diff --git a/net/core/sock_map.c b/net/core/sock_map.c
index 00a26cf2cfe923f4ac36c263d52474c44b93b0e7..ea46f07a22d858ed860984979f5cb82ec6a5e0b8 100644
--- a/net/core/sock_map.c
+++ b/net/core/sock_map.c
@@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ static void sock_hash_free(struct bpf_map *map)
 			sock_map_unref(elem->sk, elem);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			release_sock(elem->sk);
+			sock_hash_free_elem(htab, elem);
 		}
 	}