diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index 3f4e3afc191a..6a53371dba1f 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static int pppol2tp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msgh
 	l2tp_xmit_skb(session, skb, session->hdr_len);
 
 	sock_put(ps->tunnel_sock);
+	sock_put(sk);
 
 	return error;