1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/calipso.c b/net/ipv6/calipso.c
index c53b92c617c5..37ac9de713c6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/calipso.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/calipso.c
@@ -952,8 +952,10 @@ calipso_opt_insert(struct ipv6_opt_hdr *hop,
                 memcpy(new, hop, start);
         ret_val = calipso_genopt((unsigned char *)new, start, buf_len, doi_def,
                                  secattr);
-        if (ret_val < 0)
+        if (ret_val < 0) {
+                kfree(new);
                 return ERR_PTR(ret_val);
+        }
 
         buf_len = start + ret_val;
         /* At this point buf_len aligns to 4n, so (buf_len & 4) pads to 8n */