diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
index d091c8ebdcf0..1bf63a4efb4c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ static int htc_config_pipe_credits(struct htc_target *target)
 	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&target->cmd_wait, HZ);
 	if (!time_left) {
 		dev_err(target->dev, "HTC credit config timeout\n");
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
@@ -206,7 +205,6 @@ static int htc_setup_complete(struct htc_target *target)
 	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&target->cmd_wait, HZ);
 	if (!time_left) {
 		dev_err(target->dev, "HTC start timeout\n");
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
@@ -279,7 +277,6 @@ int htc_connect_service(struct htc_target *target,
 	if (!time_left) {
 		dev_err(target->dev, "Service connection timeout for: %d\n",
 			service_connreq->service_id);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
index cdc146091194..d1f6710ca63b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ int ath9k_wmi_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, enum wmi_cmd_id cmd_id,
 		ath_dbg(common, WMI, "Timeout waiting for WMI command: %s\n",
 			wmi_cmd_to_name(cmd_id));
 		mutex_unlock(&wmi->op_mutex);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}