diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c
index 796f5f9d5d5a45bc621b0fd7e880a112aee1067a..b7df576bb84d9bfe5f4134bad4323ab48b8c9ed8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/dma.c
@@ -1079,8 +1079,10 @@ bool dma_rxfill(struct dma_pub *pub)
 
 		pa = dma_map_single(di->dmadev, p->data, di->rxbufsize,
 				    DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-		if (dma_mapping_error(di->dmadev, pa))
+		if (dma_mapping_error(di->dmadev, pa)) {
+			brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(p);
 			return false;
+		}
 
 		/* save the free packet pointer */
 		di->rxp[rxout] = p;