diff --git a/net/can/af_can.c b/net/can/af_can.c
index d90e8dd975fcf05d842be52fd41ef8e1f369d411..547bafc79e28585c44f5d59b46c9884ec1d414da 100644
--- a/net/can/af_can.c
+++ b/net/can/af_can.c
@@ -273,8 +273,7 @@ int can_send(struct sk_buff *skb, int loop)
 		err = net_xmit_errno(err);
 
 	if (err) {
-		if (newskb)
-			kfree_skb(newskb);
+		kfree_skb(newskb);
 		return err;
 	}