diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 4b3c5281ca14..140d24e5718f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -4859,8 +4859,10 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
 	struct nlattr *sinfoattr, *bss_param;
 
 	hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, portid, seq, flags, cmd);
-	if (!hdr)
+	if (!hdr) {
+		cfg80211_sinfo_release_content(sinfo);
 		return -1;
+	}
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex) ||
 	    nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr) ||