diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index f52c87a9268a772398e937a80730d576ab32a066..4df4fa3c5de047e3ee099b64b38c4948b2dd406a 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -641,7 +641,10 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(int family, int priority, struct proto *prot, int zero_it)
 		}
 		
 		if (security_sk_alloc(sk, family, priority)) {
-			kmem_cache_free(slab, sk);
+			if (slab != NULL)
+				kmem_cache_free(slab, sk);
+			else
+				kfree(sk);
 			sk = NULL;
 		} else
 			__module_get(prot->owner);