1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index da1a5cdefd13..8cc97834d4f6 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1406,8 +1406,10 @@ static int smc_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
         smc->use_fallback = false; /* assume rdma capability first */
         rc = sock_create_kern(net, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM,
                               IPPROTO_TCP, &smc->clcsock);
-        if (rc)
+        if (rc) {
                 sk_common_release(sk);
+                goto out;
+        }
         smc->sk.sk_sndbuf = max(smc->clcsock->sk->sk_sndbuf, SMC_BUF_MIN_SIZE);
         smc->sk.sk_rcvbuf = max(smc->clcsock->sk->sk_rcvbuf, SMC_BUF_MIN_SIZE);