diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 825d02fa6586..def0538e2413 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -696,8 +696,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t reg_vif_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	int err;
 
 	err = ip6mr_fib_lookup(net, &fl6, &mrt);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	read_lock(&mrt_lock);
 	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;