diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
index 767c161735e3..068789e694c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c
@@ -1770,8 +1770,11 @@ static int e100_xmit_prepare(struct nic *nic, struct cb *cb,
 	dma_addr = pci_map_single(nic->pdev,
 				  skb->data, skb->len, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
 	/* If we can't map the skb, have the upper layer try later */
-	if (pci_dma_mapping_error(nic->pdev, dma_addr))
+	if (pci_dma_mapping_error(nic->pdev, dma_addr)) {
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		skb = NULL;
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Use the last 4 bytes of the SKB payload packet as the CRC, used for