diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
index 385937dbeb7c6ec1ebf539c3cc9cfcd83ddb0649..a572ce2edb144e2ba36713d76b03b12ee0c0287d 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ static int llcp_sock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *_addr,
 	nfc_llcp_local_put(llcp_sock->local);
 
 	nfc_llcp_sock_unlink(&local->connecting_sockets, sk);
+	kfree(llcp_sock->service_name);
+	llcp_sock->service_name = NULL;
 
 put_dev:
 	nfc_put_device(dev);