diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
index f460332333a7..fadaa683a416 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
@@ -1215,6 +1215,7 @@ int iwl_mvm_tx_skb_sta(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct sk_buff_head mpdus_skbs;
 	unsigned int payload_len;
 	int ret;
+	struct sk_buff *orig_skb = skb;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!mvmsta))
 		return -1;
@@ -1247,8 +1248,17 @@ int iwl_mvm_tx_skb_sta(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		ret = iwl_mvm_tx_mpdu(mvm, skb, &info, sta);
 		if (ret) {
+			/* Free skbs created as part of TSO logic that have not yet been dequeued */
 			__skb_queue_purge(&mpdus_skbs);
-			return ret;
+			/* skb here is not necessarily same as skb that entered this method,
+			 * so free it explicitly.
+			 */
+			if (skb == orig_skb)
+				ieee80211_free_txskb(mvm->hw, skb);
+			else
+				kfree_skb(skb);
+			/* there was error, but we consumed skb one way or another, so return 0 */
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}