diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
index 5f73a7c03e27..a50124260f5a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ int ip_cmsg_send(struct net *net, struct msghdr *msg, struct ipcm_cookie *ipc,
 		switch (cmsg->cmsg_type) {
 		case IP_RETOPTS:
 			err = cmsg->cmsg_len - CMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct cmsghdr));
+
+			/* Our caller is responsible for freeing ipc->opt */
 			err = ip_options_get(net, &ipc->opt, CMSG_DATA(cmsg),
 					     err < 40 ? err : 40);
 			if (err)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ping.c b/net/ipv4/ping.c
index c117b21b937d..d3a27165f9cc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ping.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ping.c
@@ -746,8 +746,10 @@ static int ping_v4_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 
 	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
 		err = ip_cmsg_send(sock_net(sk), msg, &ipc, false);
-		if (err)
+		if (unlikely(err)) {
+			kfree(ipc.opt);
 			return err;
+		}
 		if (ipc.opt)
 			free = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/raw.c b/net/ipv4/raw.c
index bc35f1842512..7113bae4e6a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/raw.c
@@ -547,8 +547,10 @@ static int raw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 
 	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
 		err = ip_cmsg_send(net, msg, &ipc, false);
-		if (err)
+		if (unlikely(err)) {
+			kfree(ipc.opt);
 			goto out;
+		}
 		if (ipc.opt)
 			free = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index be0b21852b13..95d2f198017e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1048,8 +1048,10 @@ int udp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
 		err = ip_cmsg_send(sock_net(sk), msg, &ipc,
 				   sk->sk_family == AF_INET6);
-		if (err)
+		if (unlikely(err)) {
+			kfree(ipc.opt);
 			return err;
+		}
 		if (ipc.opt)
 			free = 1;
 		connected = 0;