diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 4d70c06f043689109abc3282d05fca2322679e85..8c5df6f3a2decc2f5d821c713bbfdd9f514a5011 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2606,6 +2606,7 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh, void
 
 	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb) {
+		dst_release(&rt->dst);
 		err = -ENOBUFS;
 		goto errout;
 	}