diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 5b18c6a46cfb881389f3072de0a6abfba4a31d4d..9f7cc9e1e4ef3a1a2eb6486aa5921f66381c6f76 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,10 @@ void tipc_sk_mcast_rcv(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *arrvq,
 		spin_lock_bh(&inputq->lock);
 		if (skb_peek(arrvq) == skb) {
 			skb_queue_splice_tail_init(&tmpq, inputq);
-			__skb_dequeue(arrvq);
+			/* Decrease the skb's refcnt as increasing in the
+			 * function tipc_skb_peek
+			 */
+			kfree_skb(__skb_dequeue(arrvq));
 		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&inputq->lock);
 		__skb_queue_purge(&tmpq);