diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_ip.c b/net/ax25/ax25_ip.c
index 67de6b33f2c309ad4426b2075b1bd16d8ce27e11..db3c283821d1a242fcc1dff05cb6a181df1ce6ab 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_ip.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_ip.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int ax25_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		dev = skb->dev;
 
 	if ((ax25_dev = ax25_dev_ax25dev(dev)) == NULL) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto put;
 	}