diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
index a09d61296425..1844d97154ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
@@ -1167,7 +1167,6 @@ static void ovpn_peer_release_p2p(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn, struct sock *sk,
 		ovpn_sock = rcu_access_pointer(peer->sock);
 		if (!ovpn_sock || ovpn_sock->sk != sk) {
 			spin_unlock_bh(&ovpn->lock);
-			ovpn_peer_put(peer);
 			return;
 		}
 	}