diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index c5bf5ef2bf89476b6d7ab766b8591e6af2e869fd..49d5093eb0553a4416af09784b0e012f58cbd124 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2339,6 +2339,7 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state)
 
 			if (signal_pending(current)) {
 				err = sock_intr_errno(timeo);
+				scm_destroy(&scm);
 				goto out;
 			}