diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index 98f899ea2e94..81d8412ce8e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -1487,8 +1487,10 @@ ax88179_tx_fixup(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t flags)
 
 	headroom = skb_headroom(skb) - 8;
 
-	if ((dev->net->features & NETIF_F_SG) && skb_linearize(skb))
+	if ((dev->net->features & NETIF_F_SG) && skb_linearize(skb)) {
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	if ((skb_header_cloned(skb) || headroom < 0) &&
 	    pskb_expand_head(skb, headroom < 0 ? 8 : 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC)) {