diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 6b0ff396fa9dc5..a592ca025fc46b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -4293,7 +4293,7 @@ void skb_complete_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
 
 	if (!skb_may_tx_timestamp(sk, false))
-		return;
+		goto err;
 
 	/* Take a reference to prevent skb_orphan() from freeing the socket,
 	 * but only if the socket refcount is not zero.
@@ -4302,7 +4302,11 @@ void skb_complete_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		*skb_hwtstamps(skb) = *hwtstamps;
 		__skb_complete_tx_timestamp(skb, sk, SCM_TSTAMP_SND, false);
 		sock_put(sk);
+		return;
 	}
+
+err:
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_complete_tx_timestamp);