diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
index 53dd41b468d531f5782c964560a91b87e9a2b410..b78532e8c56ebd9f5100e96c991f869c898614b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -2319,8 +2319,10 @@ static int team_nl_send_options_get(struct team *team, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 
 	hdr = genlmsg_put(skb, portid, seq, &team_nl_family, flags | NLM_F_MULTI,
 			  TEAM_CMD_OPTIONS_GET);
-	if (!hdr)
+	if (!hdr) {
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, TEAM_ATTR_TEAM_IFINDEX, team->dev->ifindex))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -2587,8 +2589,10 @@ static int team_nl_send_port_list_get(struct team *team, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 
 	hdr = genlmsg_put(skb, portid, seq, &team_nl_family, flags | NLM_F_MULTI,
 			  TEAM_CMD_PORT_LIST_GET);
-	if (!hdr)
+	if (!hdr) {
+		nlmsg_free(skb);
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, TEAM_ATTR_TEAM_IFINDEX, team->dev->ifindex))
 		goto nla_put_failure;