1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index a7e544e3f28a..95a5623d79a0 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -1814,20 +1814,22 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
                 sctp_set_owner_w(chunk);
 
                 chunk->transport = chunk_tp;
-
-                /* Send it to the lower layers.  Note:  all chunks
-                 * must either fail or succeed.   The lower layer
-                 * works that way today.  Keep it that way or this
-                 * breaks.
-                 */
-                err = sctp_primitive_SEND(asoc, chunk);
-                /* Did the lower layer accept the chunk? */
-                if (err)
-                        sctp_chunk_free(chunk);
-                SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK("We sent primitively.\n");
         }
 
-        sctp_datamsg_put(datamsg);
+        /* Send it to the lower layers.  Note:  all chunks
+         * must either fail or succeed.   The lower layer
+         * works that way today.  Keep it that way or this
+         * breaks.
+         */
+        err = sctp_primitive_SEND(asoc, datamsg);
+        /* Did the lower layer accept the chunk? */
+        if (err)
+                sctp_datamsg_free(datamsg);
+        else
+                sctp_datamsg_put(datamsg);
+
+        SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK("We sent primitively.\n");
+
         if (err)
                 goto out_free;
         else