diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
index 7cef9987ab4ace4444c4b470a3393ce50219a69a..b297bb28556ec5cf383068f67ee910af38591cc3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ int ip_cmsg_send(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, struct ipcm_cookie *ipc,
 		case IP_RETOPTS:
 			err = cmsg->cmsg_len - sizeof(struct cmsghdr);
 
-			/* Our caller is responsible for freeing ipc->opt when err = 0 */
+			/* Our caller is responsible for freeing ipc->opt */
 			err = ip_options_get(net, &ipc->opt,
 					     KERNEL_SOCKPTR(CMSG_DATA(cmsg)),
 					     err < 40 ? err : 40);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ping.c b/net/ipv4/ping.c
index c588f9f2f46c2b91fc9424ecfc0590b2b63a3470..1e44a43acfe2dfe57efdc64479c2d18402881d73 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ping.c
@@ -727,9 +727,10 @@ static int ping_v4_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 
 	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
 		err = ip_cmsg_send(sk, msg, &ipc, false);
-		if (unlikely(err))
+		if (unlikely(err)) {
+			kfree(ipc.opt);
 			return err;
-
+		}
 		if (ipc.opt)
 			free = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/raw.c b/net/ipv4/raw.c
index 1c98063a3ae816ecfd7135b0168fea5a9380676f..bb446e60cf58057b448f094b4d6f48d6e91d113c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/raw.c
@@ -562,9 +562,10 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 
 	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
 		err = ip_cmsg_send(sk, msg, &ipc, false);
-		if (unlikely(err))
+		if (unlikely(err)) {
+			kfree(ipc.opt);
 			goto out;
-
+		}
 		if (ipc.opt)
 			free = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index d5f5981d7a43244cace63653b790a34174364e3e..8851c9463b4b62c9017565f545250c4ffe22927c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1122,9 +1122,10 @@ int udp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		if (err > 0)
 			err = ip_cmsg_send(sk, msg, &ipc,
 					   sk->sk_family == AF_INET6);
-		if (unlikely(err < 0))
+		if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
+			kfree(ipc.opt);
 			return err;
-
+		}
 		if (ipc.opt)
 			free = 1;
 		connected = 0;