1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index f52c87a9268a..4df4fa3c5de0 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -641,7 +641,10 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(int family, int priority, struct proto *prot, int zero_it)
                 }
                 
                 if (security_sk_alloc(sk, family, priority)) {
-                        kmem_cache_free(slab, sk);
+                        if (slab != NULL)
+                                kmem_cache_free(slab, sk);
+                        else
+                                kfree(sk);
                         sk = NULL;
                 } else
                         __module_get(prot->owner);