diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/data.c b/net/nfc/nci/data.c
index aa5e712adf0782..3d36ea5701f022 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/data.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/data.c
@@ -279,8 +279,10 @@ void nci_rx_data_packet(struct nci_dev *ndev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 nci_plen(skb->data));
 
 	conn_info = nci_get_conn_info_by_conn_id(ndev, nci_conn_id(skb->data));
-	if (!conn_info)
+	if (!conn_info) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	/* strip the nci data header */
 	skb_pull(skb, NCI_DATA_HDR_SIZE);