diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a7f98a23b19a..f8279d1a3873 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9c2b3328f74800bb370d08bb3a4255d5fe833e94
+refs/heads/master: 88a66858253c57334a519a77187234867bc8605c
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/sock.c b/trunk/net/core/sock.c
index f52c87a9268a..4df4fa3c5de0 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/sock.c
@@ -641,7 +641,10 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(int family, int priority, struct proto *prot, int zero_it)
 		}
 		
 		if (security_sk_alloc(sk, family, priority)) {
-			kmem_cache_free(slab, sk);
+			if (slab != NULL)
+				kmem_cache_free(slab, sk);
+			else
+				kfree(sk);
 			sk = NULL;
 		} else
 			__module_get(prot->owner);