diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 3737d32ad11a..d2369297910b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
+	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
 	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }