diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 9ac47ccfe120..2379ee551164 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -7124,6 +7124,7 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 			if (unlikely(!inet_csk_reqsk_queue_hash_add(sk, req,
 								    req->timeout))) {
 				reqsk_free(req);
+				dst_release(dst);
 				return 0;
 			}