diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
index 279471c4e58fd263a87694dc7afd66ee6ade8765..bdb222c0c6a2178ef4b0520fbc0d1e9e23541bc3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
@@ -510,9 +510,10 @@ int ip_recv_error(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len, int *addr_len)
 		copied = len;
 	}
 	err = skb_copy_datagram_msg(skb, 0, msg, copied);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_free_skb;
-
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return err;
+	}
 	sock_recv_timestamp(msg, sk, skb);
 
 	serr = SKB_EXT_ERR(skb);
@@ -544,8 +545,7 @@ int ip_recv_error(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len, int *addr_len)
 	msg->msg_flags |= MSG_ERRQUEUE;
 	err = copied;
 
-out_free_skb:
-	kfree_skb(skb);
+	consume_skb(skb);
 out:
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/datagram.c b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
index 3962b6c810fcffe45d20434bc6974f2683ce373f..ea9ee5cce5cf6d0cc44adb1881247c404e449bcb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -450,9 +450,10 @@ int ipv6_recv_error(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len, int *addr_len)
 		copied = len;
 	}
 	err = skb_copy_datagram_msg(skb, 0, msg, copied);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_free_skb;
-
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return err;
+	}
 	sock_recv_timestamp(msg, sk, skb);
 
 	serr = SKB_EXT_ERR(skb);
@@ -509,8 +510,7 @@ int ipv6_recv_error(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len, int *addr_len)
 	msg->msg_flags |= MSG_ERRQUEUE;
 	err = copied;
 
-out_free_skb:
-	kfree_skb(skb);
+	consume_skb(skb);
 out:
 	return err;
 }