diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
index 91be87c4f4d3..e330b4c121bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static int m_can_read_fifo(struct net_device *dev, u32 rxfs)
 		err = m_can_fifo_read(cdev, fgi, M_CAN_FIFO_DATA,
 				      cf->data, DIV_ROUND_UP(cf->len, 4));
 		if (err)
-			goto out_fail;
+			goto out_free_skb;
 	}
 
 	/* acknowledge rx fifo 0 */
@@ -532,6 +532,8 @@ static int m_can_read_fifo(struct net_device *dev, u32 rxfs)
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_free_skb:
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 out_fail:
 	netdev_err(dev, "FIFO read returned %d\n", err);
 	return err;