diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 2a31c4af845e4..715e14475220f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static int nh_fill_node(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nexthop *nh,
 	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
+	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
 	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }