diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index f3c63022eb3c582b46841e381e67af478c03f629..4ddae8118c8566e4de07a16b136af13597fe4f3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ static int pppoe_rcv_core(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 		if (!__pppoe_xmit(sk_pppox(relay_po), skb))
 			goto abort_put;
+
+		sock_put(sk_pppox(relay_po));
 	} else {
 		if (sock_queue_rcv_skb(sk, skb))
 			goto abort_kfree;