diff --git a/net/can/j1939/transport.c b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
index 307ee1174a6e..d7d86c944d76 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/transport.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ static void __j1939_session_drop(struct j1939_session *session)
 
 static void j1939_session_destroy(struct j1939_session *session)
 {
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
 	if (session->transmission) {
 		if (session->err)
 			j1939_sk_errqueue(session, J1939_ERRQUEUE_TX_ABORT);
@@ -274,7 +276,11 @@ static void j1939_session_destroy(struct j1939_session *session)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&session->sk_session_queue_entry));
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&session->active_session_list_entry));
 
-	skb_queue_purge(&session->skb_queue);
+	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&session->skb_queue)) != NULL) {
+		/* drop ref taken in j1939_session_skb_queue() */
+		skb_unref(skb);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+	}
 	__j1939_session_drop(session);
 	j1939_priv_put(session->priv);
 	kfree(session);