diff --git a/net/ethtool/tsconfig.c b/net/ethtool/tsconfig.c
index e4f518e49d4c..e9db4ee2299d 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/tsconfig.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/tsconfig.c
@@ -224,16 +224,21 @@ static int tsconfig_send_reply(struct net_device *dev, struct genl_info *info)
 	reply_len = ret + ethnl_reply_header_size();
 	rskb = ethnl_reply_init(reply_len, dev, ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_SET_REPLY,
 				ETHTOOL_A_TSCONFIG_HEADER, info, &reply_payload);
-	if (!rskb)
+	if (!rskb) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_cleanup;
+	}
 
 	ret = tsconfig_fill_reply(rskb, &req_info->base, &reply_data->base);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err_cleanup;
+		goto err_free_msg;
 
 	genlmsg_end(rskb, reply_payload);
 	ret = genlmsg_reply(rskb, info);
+	rskb = NULL;
 
+err_free_msg:
+	nlmsg_free(rskb);
 err_cleanup:
 	kfree(reply_data);
 	kfree(req_info);