diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c
index 21b71ae947fdbc2e3bbf7d5ef7c17d17aa560ba2..98ee6cc2875d0500ce5e5de0d34e3ac026a0aaa7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap.c
@@ -517,6 +517,10 @@ static int tap_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 					     &tap_proto, 0);
 	if (!q)
 		goto err;
+	if (skb_array_init(&q->skb_array, tap->dev->tx_queue_len, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		sk_free(&q->sk);
+		goto err;
+	}
 
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(q->sock.wq, &q->wq);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&q->wq.wait);
@@ -540,22 +544,18 @@ static int tap_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if ((tap->dev->features & NETIF_F_HIGHDMA) && (tap->dev->features & NETIF_F_SG))
 		sock_set_flag(&q->sk, SOCK_ZEROCOPY);
 
-	err = -ENOMEM;
-	if (skb_array_init(&q->skb_array, tap->dev->tx_queue_len, GFP_KERNEL))
-		goto err_array;
-
 	err = tap_set_queue(tap, file, q);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_queue;
+	if (err) {
+		/* tap_sock_destruct() will take care of freeing skb_array */
+		goto err_put;
+	}
 
 	dev_put(tap->dev);
 
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;
 
-err_queue:
-	skb_array_cleanup(&q->skb_array);
-err_array:
+err_put:
 	sock_put(&q->sk);
 err:
 	if (tap)