diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 79d06c21ebe3..069c6daa54c7 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -1396,8 +1396,10 @@ static int __tipc_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m, size_t dlen)
 	rc = tipc_msg_build(hdr, m, 0, dlen, mtu, &pkts);
 	if (unlikely(rc != dlen))
 		return rc;
-	if (unlikely(syn && !tipc_msg_skb_clone(&pkts, &sk->sk_write_queue)))
+	if (unlikely(syn && !tipc_msg_skb_clone(&pkts, &sk->sk_write_queue))) {
+		__skb_queue_purge(&pkts);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	trace_tipc_sk_sendmsg(sk, skb_peek(&pkts), TIPC_DUMP_SK_SNDQ, " ");
 	rc = tipc_node_xmit(net, &pkts, dnode, tsk->portid);