diff --git a/net/ethtool/rss.c b/net/ethtool/rss.c
index 458a4a7907e4..9fb675d29232 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/rss.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/rss.c
@@ -170,8 +170,10 @@ rss_prepare_get(const struct rss_req_info *request, struct net_device *dev,
 	rxfh.key = data->hkey;
 
 	ret = ops->get_rxfh(dev, &rxfh);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		rss_get_data_free(data);
 		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	data->hfunc = rxfh.hfunc;
 	data->input_xfrm = rxfh.input_xfrm;