diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
index f30eeba3f772c5a8e0433cdc6b6fcaa47076583c..829ecb93661f6e3540e20f4be5adcdb6971fb43b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ int rxe_requester(void *arg)
 
 	if (fill_packet(qp, wqe, &pkt, skb, payload)) {
 		pr_debug("qp#%d Error during fill packet\n", qp_num(qp));
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
@@ -740,7 +741,6 @@ int rxe_requester(void *arg)
 	goto next_wqe;
 
 err:
-	kfree_skb(skb);
 	wqe->status = IB_WC_LOC_PROT_ERR;
 	wqe->state = wqe_state_error;
 	__rxe_do_task(&qp->comp.task);