diff --git a/net/ipv4/ping.c b/net/ipv4/ping.c
index 2d11c094296e..e21934b06d4c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ping.c
@@ -252,26 +252,33 @@ int ping_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	kgid_t group = current_egid();
-	struct group_info *group_info = get_current_groups();
-	int i, j, count = group_info->ngroups;
+	struct group_info *group_info;
+	int i, j, count;
 	kgid_t low, high;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	inet_get_ping_group_range_net(net, &low, &high);
 	if (gid_lte(low, group) && gid_lte(group, high))
 		return 0;
 
+	group_info = get_current_groups();
+	count = group_info->ngroups;
 	for (i = 0; i < group_info->nblocks; i++) {
 		int cp_count = min_t(int, NGROUPS_PER_BLOCK, count);
 		for (j = 0; j < cp_count; j++) {
 			kgid_t gid = group_info->blocks[i][j];
 			if (gid_lte(low, gid) && gid_lte(gid, high))
-				return 0;
+				goto out_release_group;
 		}
 
 		count -= cp_count;
 	}
 
-	return -EACCES;
+	ret = -EACCES;
+
+out_release_group:
+	put_group_info(group_info);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ping_init_sock);