1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index 0ec9bd0ae94f..850c737e08e2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -196,10 +196,10 @@ void tcp_get_allowed_congestion_control(char *buf, size_t maxlen)
 int tcp_set_allowed_congestion_control(char *val)
 {
         struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
-        char *clone, *name;
+        char *saved_clone, *clone, *name;
         int ret = 0;
 
-        clone = kstrdup(val, GFP_USER);
+        saved_clone = clone = kstrdup(val, GFP_USER);
         if (!clone)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ int tcp_set_allowed_congestion_control(char *val)
         }
 out:
         spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+        kfree(saved_clone);
 
         return ret;
 }