diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_netdev.c
index 67fe44db6b6124438291cf20b2f828d8d559035c..63a44ee763be7994e5a477cdcfd29fc9928c2b1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef100_netdev.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ef100_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		   skb->len, skb->data_len, channel->channel);
 	if (!efx->n_channels || !efx->n_tx_channels || !channel) {
 		netif_stop_queue(net_dev);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		goto err;
 	}