diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index e954d4c..fc56e85 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, 0, event, sizeof(*dcb), 0);
 	if (nlh == NULL) {
-		kfree(skb);
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, RTM_GETDCB, sizeof(*dcb), flags);
 	if (nlh == NULL) {
-		kfree(skb);
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}