diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index fbfac58..37902a5 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2769,6 +2769,7 @@
 
  nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+	nlmsg_free(msg);
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
  out:
 	/* Cleanup */
@@ -2960,6 +2961,7 @@
 
 nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+	nlmsg_free(msg);
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);