diff --git a/net/handshake/tlshd.c b/net/handshake/tlshd.c
index d6f52839827e..822507b87447 100644
--- a/net/handshake/tlshd.c
+++ b/net/handshake/tlshd.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ static int tls_handshake_accept(struct handshake_req *req,
 
 out_cancel:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+	nlmsg_free(msg);
 out:
 	return ret;
 }