diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
index 0b93a17b9f11..fdf0856182c6 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
@@ -712,10 +712,8 @@ static int llcp_sock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *_addr,
 	llcp_sock->local = nfc_llcp_local_get(local);
 	llcp_sock->ssap = nfc_llcp_get_local_ssap(local);
 	if (llcp_sock->ssap == LLCP_SAP_MAX) {
-		nfc_llcp_local_put(llcp_sock->local);
-		llcp_sock->local = NULL;
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto put_dev;
+		goto sock_llcp_put_local;
 	}
 
 	llcp_sock->reserved_ssap = llcp_sock->ssap;
@@ -760,8 +758,11 @@ sock_unlink:
 
 sock_llcp_release:
 	nfc_llcp_put_ssap(local, llcp_sock->ssap);
+
+sock_llcp_put_local:
 	nfc_llcp_local_put(llcp_sock->local);
 	llcp_sock->local = NULL;
+	llcp_sock->dev = NULL;
 
 put_dev:
 	nfc_put_device(dev);