1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index 618a60f03886..210d52c48808 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -926,10 +926,8 @@ static void tcp_connect_to_sock(struct connection *con)
                 goto out_err;
 
         memset(&saddr, 0, sizeof(saddr));
-        if (dlm_nodeid_to_addr(con->nodeid, &saddr)) {
-                sock_release(sock);
+        if (dlm_nodeid_to_addr(con->nodeid, &saddr))
                 goto out_err;
-        }
 
         sock->sk->sk_user_data = con;
         con->rx_action = receive_from_sock;