diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index 3d66b83a5c88..216261dd32ae 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -348,26 +348,25 @@ nfulnl_alloc_skb(u32 peer_portid, unsigned int inst_size, unsigned int pkt_size)
 	return skb;
 }
 
-static int
+static void
 __nfulnl_send(struct nfulnl_instance *inst)
 {
-	int status = -1;
-
 	if (inst->qlen > 1) {
 		struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_put(inst->skb, 0, 0,
 						 NLMSG_DONE,
 						 sizeof(struct nfgenmsg),
 						 0);
-		if (!nlh)
+		if (WARN_ONCE(!nlh, "bad nlskb size: %u, tailroom %d\n",
+			      inst->skb->len, skb_tailroom(inst->skb))) {
+			kfree_skb(inst->skb);
 			goto out;
+		}
 	}
-	status = nfnetlink_unicast(inst->skb, inst->net, inst->peer_portid,
-				   MSG_DONTWAIT);
-
+	nfnetlink_unicast(inst->skb, inst->net, inst->peer_portid,
+			  MSG_DONTWAIT);
+out:
 	inst->qlen = 0;
 	inst->skb = NULL;
-out:
-	return status;
 }
 
 static void