diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
index 68832ee4b9f8..9e2799ee1595 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ static int llcp_sock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *_addr,
 	llcp_sock->local = nfc_llcp_local_get(local);
 	llcp_sock->ssap = nfc_llcp_get_local_ssap(local);
 	if (llcp_sock->ssap == LLCP_SAP_MAX) {
+		nfc_llcp_local_put(llcp_sock->local);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto put_dev;
 	}
@@ -748,6 +749,7 @@ sock_unlink:
 
 sock_llcp_release:
 	nfc_llcp_put_ssap(local, llcp_sock->ssap);
+	nfc_llcp_local_put(llcp_sock->local);
 
 put_dev:
 	nfc_put_device(dev);