diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 02ad03a2fab773cd36707e50434cc559fc639f7c..3e014ecffef8ea1f831b61bfc92625706bfd9685 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1419,6 +1419,8 @@ static void __ppp_xmit_process(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			netif_wake_queue(ppp->dev);
 		else
 			netif_stop_queue(ppp->dev);
+	} else {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 	}
 	ppp_xmit_unlock(ppp);
 }