diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 7ce1c57..acb06f8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@
 		if (likely(sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN)) {
 			nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
 		} else {
-			inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(sk, req);
+			inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop_and_put(sk, req);
 			goto lookup;
 		}
 		if (!nsk) {