diff --git a/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c
index acef0cfd76af35406f1b245924e94745e80a5623..24436c9e54c99f158b8f0334cd781869dcd4c147 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c
@@ -132,10 +132,15 @@ static int nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send(struct nfcmrvl_private *priv,
 			ret = -EREMOTEIO;
 		} else
 			ret = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (ret) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	consume_skb(skb);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_update_config(struct nfcmrvl_private *priv,