diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index d1b89820ab4f34bc5ad8d00d7fa221691f7876c5..baac91049b0ea0efcafb0259ff4146cc2d0e41f6 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1178,8 +1178,7 @@ static int unix_stream_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 		unix_state_unlock(other);
 
 out:
-	if (skb)
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 	if (newsk)
 		unix_release_sock(newsk, 0);
 	if (other)