diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 6a1e7ff667ad215caf3e80d9ae8b954db3cee0ba..f8a555def98f2f84935848ed3a265082e7c7dee4 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ static int tipc_sk_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 	sock_init_data(sock, sk);
 	tipc_set_sk_state(sk, TIPC_OPEN);
 	if (tipc_sk_insert(tsk)) {
+		sk_free(sk);
 		pr_warn("Socket create failed; port number exhausted\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}