diff --git a/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c b/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
index 663697439d1c7c..d1c8634099450a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ int can_rx_offload_queue_tail(struct can_rx_offload *offload,
 			      struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (skb_queue_len(&offload->skb_queue) >
-	    offload->skb_queue_len_max)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	    offload->skb_queue_len_max) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
 
 	skb_queue_tail(&offload->skb_queue, skb);
 	can_rx_offload_schedule(offload);