diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 5437819872dd..0211964e4545 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 			if (virtio_transport_init_zcopy_skb(vsk, skb,
 							    info->msg,
 							    can_zcopy)) {
+				kfree_skb(skb);
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				break;
 			}