diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
index 506170fe3a8b..049f1bbe27ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
@@ -2441,6 +2441,7 @@ static inline int uld_send(struct adapter *adap, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	txq_info = adap->sge.uld_txq_info[tx_uld_type];
 	if (unlikely(!txq_info)) {
 		WARN_ON(true);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NET_XMIT_DROP;
 	}