diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index b85fb9767dec..e3e71d168c47 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ static void iucv_sever_path(struct sock *sk, int with_user_data)
 	unsigned char user_data[16];
 	struct iucv_sock *iucv = iucv_sk(sk);
 	struct iucv_path *path = iucv->path;
+	struct sock_msg_q *p, *n;
 
 	/* Whoever resets the path pointer, must sever and free it. */
 	if (xchg(&iucv->path, NULL)) {
@@ -348,6 +349,19 @@ static void iucv_sever_path(struct sock *sk, int with_user_data)
 		} else
 			pr_iucv->path_sever(path, NULL);
 		iucv_path_free(path);
+
+		/*
+		 * Message notifications queued on message_q still reference
+		 * the now freed path; drop them, otherwise a later recvmsg()
+		 * would pass the freed iucv_path to message_receive() via
+		 * iucv_process_message_q().
+		 */
+		spin_lock_bh(&iucv->message_q.lock);
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(p, n, &iucv->message_q.list, list) {
+			list_del(&p->list);
+			kfree(p);
+		}
+		spin_unlock_bh(&iucv->message_q.lock);
 	}
 }