1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 9bfe886ab330..750949dfc1d7 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -258,13 +258,15 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_dumpit(struct tipc_nl_compat_cmd_dump *cmd,
         arg = nlmsg_new(0, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!arg) {
                 kfree_skb(msg->rep);
+                msg->rep = NULL;
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
         err = __tipc_nl_compat_dumpit(cmd, msg, arg);
-        if (err)
+        if (err) {
                 kfree_skb(msg->rep);
-
+                msg->rep = NULL;
+        }
         kfree_skb(arg);
 
         return err;