1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/act_skbmod.c b/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
index bbcbdce732cc..ad050d7d4b46 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
@@ -131,8 +131,11 @@ static int tcf_skbmod_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
         if (exists && bind)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (!lflags)
+        if (!lflags) {
+                if (exists)
+                        tcf_idr_release(*a, bind);
                 return -EINVAL;
+        }
 
         if (!exists) {
                 ret = tcf_idr_create(tn, parm->index, est, a,