diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 8d48c392adccec6dc1f2ca8e3c8fd5a6750283e5..34ca6d5a3a4b48f5dc8282a514115a278642f344 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		ci = nla_data(tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]);
 		if (!ci->ifa_valid || ci->ifa_prefered > ci->ifa_valid) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto errout;
+			goto errout_free;
 		}
 		*pvalid_lft = ci->ifa_valid;
 		*pprefered_lft = ci->ifa_prefered;
@@ -780,6 +780,8 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	return ifa;
 
+errout_free:
+	inet_free_ifa(ifa);
 errout:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }