diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
index 22e8a2a..8372ca5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
@@ -408,8 +408,11 @@ static int tcp_bpf_send_verdict(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock,
 		if (!psock->cork) {
 			psock->cork = kzalloc(sizeof(*psock->cork),
 					      GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
-			if (!psock->cork)
+			if (!psock->cork) {
+				sk_msg_free(sk, msg);
+				*copied = 0;
 				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
 		}
 		memcpy(psock->cork, msg, sizeof(*msg));
 		return 0;