diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 3e36c0368bae..738d5968dfa6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ int can_put_echo_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (idx >= priv->echo_skb_max) {
 		netdev_err(dev, "%s: BUG! Trying to access can_priv::echo_skb out of bounds (%u/max %u)\n",
 			   __func__, idx, priv->echo_skb_max);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}