diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index ed9a41643ff41f26afe6b6c4f8916137f4baed0d..95c41d56631ceb1e13fe9c23da8f29bf9d17441f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -931,8 +931,10 @@ kevent (struct work_struct *work)
 		if (urb != NULL) {
 			clear_bit (EVENT_RX_MEMORY, &dev->flags);
 			status = usb_autopm_get_interface(dev->intf);
-			if (status < 0)
+			if (status < 0) {
+				usb_free_urb(urb);
 				goto fail_lowmem;
+			}
 			if (rx_submit (dev, urb, GFP_KERNEL) == -ENOLINK)
 				resched = 0;
 			usb_autopm_put_interface(dev->intf);