diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index 6467bf392e1b4fcb8e311e03a0287740db64ab3b..e217f17997a40f4dc8dfb24b9a1c06df274f3609 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ int dccp_v4_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		goto drop_and_free;
 
 	inet_csk_reqsk_queue_hash_add(sk, req, DCCP_TIMEOUT_INIT);
+	reqsk_put(req);
 	return 0;
 
 drop_and_free: