diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index b7be8d066753..a579e28bd213 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -504,12 +504,6 @@ static void unix_sock_destructor(struct sock *sk)
 
 	skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AF_UNIX_OOB)
-	if (u->oob_skb) {
-		kfree_skb(u->oob_skb);
-		u->oob_skb = NULL;
-	}
-#endif
 	WARN_ON(refcount_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc));
 	WARN_ON(!sk_unhashed(sk));
 	WARN_ON(sk->sk_socket);
@@ -556,6 +550,13 @@ static void unix_release_sock(struct sock *sk, int embrion)
 
 	unix_state_unlock(sk);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AF_UNIX_OOB)
+	if (u->oob_skb) {
+		kfree_skb(u->oob_skb);
+		u->oob_skb = NULL;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	wake_up_interruptible_all(&u->peer_wait);
 
 	if (skpair != NULL) {