diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
index 304800c60427..1cdcb4df0eb7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
@@ -138,10 +138,9 @@ int tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(struct sock *sk, struct sk_msg *msg,
 	struct sk_psock *psock = sk_psock_get(sk);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (unlikely(!psock)) {
-		sk_msg_free(sk, msg);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (unlikely(!psock))
+		return -EPIPE;
+
 	ret = ingress ? bpf_tcp_ingress(sk, psock, msg, bytes, flags) :
 			tcp_bpf_push_locked(sk, msg, bytes, flags, false);
 	sk_psock_put(sk, psock);