diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 71700f279278..3a38266ba105 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1863,7 +1863,6 @@ static int macsec_add_rxsc(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	struct macsec_rx_sc *rx_sc;
 	struct nlattr *tb_rxsc[MACSEC_RXSC_ATTR_MAX + 1];
 	struct macsec_secy *secy;
-	bool was_active;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!attrs[MACSEC_ATTR_IFINDEX])
@@ -1891,7 +1890,6 @@ static int macsec_add_rxsc(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return PTR_ERR(rx_sc);
 	}
 
-	was_active = rx_sc->active;
 	if (tb_rxsc[MACSEC_RXSC_ATTR_ACTIVE])
 		rx_sc->active = !!nla_get_u8(tb_rxsc[MACSEC_RXSC_ATTR_ACTIVE]);
 
@@ -1918,7 +1916,8 @@ static int macsec_add_rxsc(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup:
-	rx_sc->active = was_active;
+	del_rx_sc(secy, sci);
+	free_rx_sc(rx_sc);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }