diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
index 257b6ee51e54..1af216aa5ada 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ static int htc_config_pipe_credits(struct htc_target *target)
 	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&target->cmd_wait, HZ);
 	if (!time_left) {
 		dev_err(target->dev, "HTC credit config timeout\n");
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ static int htc_setup_complete(struct htc_target *target)
 	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&target->cmd_wait, HZ);
 	if (!time_left) {
 		dev_err(target->dev, "HTC start timeout\n");
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ int htc_connect_service(struct htc_target *target,
 	if (!time_left) {
 		dev_err(target->dev, "Service connection timeout for: %d\n",
 			service_connreq->service_id);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}