diff --git a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
--- a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
@@ -3741,7 +3741,11 @@
     struct sockaddr *addr, struct mbuf *control, struct thread *td)
 {
 
-	return EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (control != NULL)
+		m_freem(control);
+	if ((flags & PRUS_NOTREADY) == 0)
+		m_freem(m);
+	return (EOPNOTSUPP);
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c b/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c
@@ -677,6 +677,8 @@
 	if (m->m_len < sizeof (struct ip) &&
 	    (m = m_pullup(m, sizeof (struct ip))) == NULL) {
 		KMOD_IPSTAT_INC(ips_toosmall);
+		if (control != NULL)
+			m_freem(control);
 		m_freem(m);
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c b/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c
--- a/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c
@@ -1077,13 +1077,18 @@
 	inp = sotoinpcb(so);
 	KASSERT(inp != NULL, ("rip_send: inp == NULL"));
 
+	if (control != NULL) {
+		m_freem(control);
+		control = NULL;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Note: 'dst' reads below are unlocked.
 	 */
 	if (so->so_state & SS_ISCONNECTED) {
 		if (nam) {
-			m_freem(m);
-			return (EISCONN);
+			error = EISCONN;
+			goto release;
 		}
 		dst = inp->inp_faddr.s_addr;	/* Unlocked read. */
 	} else {
@@ -1094,13 +1099,15 @@
 			error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
 		else if (nam->sa_len != sizeof(struct sockaddr_in))
 			error = EINVAL;
-		if (error != 0) {
-			m_freem(m);
-			return (error);
-		}
+		if (error != 0)
+			goto release;
 		dst = ((struct sockaddr_in *)nam)->sin_addr.s_addr;
 	}
 	return (rip_output(m, so, dst));
+
+release:
+	m_freem(m);
+	return (error);
 }
 #endif /* INET */
 
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c
@@ -993,21 +993,31 @@
 	if (inp->inp_flags & (INP_TIMEWAIT | INP_DROPPED)) {
 		if (control)
 			m_freem(control);
+
 		/*
 		 * In case of PRUS_NOTREADY, tcp_usr_ready() is responsible
 		 * for freeing memory.
 		 */
-		if (m && (flags & PRUS_NOTREADY) == 0)
+		if ((flags & PRUS_NOTREADY) == 0)
 			m_freem(m);
 		error = ECONNRESET;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	if (control != NULL) {
+		/* TCP doesn't do control messages (rights, creds, etc) */
+		if (control->m_len) {
+			m_freem(control);
+			m_freem(m);
+			error = EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		m_freem(control);	/* empty control, just free it */
+		control = NULL;
+	}
 	tp = intotcpcb(inp);
 	if (flags & PRUS_OOB) {
 		if ((error = tcp_pru_options_support(tp, PRUS_OOB)) != 0) {
-			if (control)
-				m_freem(control);
-			if (m && (flags & PRUS_NOTREADY) == 0)
+			if ((flags & PRUS_NOTREADY) == 0)
 				m_freem(m);
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -1019,33 +1029,28 @@
 		case AF_INET:
 			sinp = (struct sockaddr_in *)nam;
 			if (sinp->sin_len != sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) {
-				if (m)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				error = EINVAL;
 				goto out;
 			}
 			if ((inp->inp_vflag & INP_IPV6) != 0) {
-				if (m)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
 				goto out;
 			}
 			if (IN_MULTICAST(ntohl(sinp->sin_addr.s_addr))) {
-				if (m)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
 				goto out;
 			}
 			if (ntohl(sinp->sin_addr.s_addr) == INADDR_BROADCAST) {
-				if (m)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				error = EACCES;
 				goto out;
 			}
 			if ((error = prison_remote_ip4(td->td_ucred,
 			    &sinp->sin_addr))) {
-				if (m)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				goto out;
 			}
 #ifdef INET6
@@ -1060,20 +1065,17 @@
 
 			sin6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *)nam;
 			if (sin6->sin6_len != sizeof(*sin6)) {
-				if (m)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				error = EINVAL;
 				goto out;
 			}
 			if ((inp->inp_vflag & INP_IPV6PROTO) == 0) {
-				if (m != NULL)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
 				goto out;
 			}
 			if (IN6_IS_ADDR_MULTICAST(&sin6->sin6_addr)) {
-				if (m)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
 				goto out;
 			}
@@ -1081,14 +1083,12 @@
 #ifdef INET
 				if ((inp->inp_flags & IN6P_IPV6_V6ONLY) != 0) {
 					error = EINVAL;
-					if (m)
-						m_freem(m);
+					m_freem(m);
 					goto out;
 				}
 				if ((inp->inp_vflag & INP_IPV4) == 0) {
 					error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
-					if (m)
-						m_freem(m);
+					m_freem(m);
 					goto out;
 				}
 				restoreflags = true;
@@ -1098,27 +1098,23 @@
 				if (IN_MULTICAST(
 				    ntohl(sinp->sin_addr.s_addr))) {
 					error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
-					if (m)
-						m_freem(m);
+					m_freem(m);
 					goto out;
 				}
 				if ((error = prison_remote_ip4(td->td_ucred,
 				    &sinp->sin_addr))) {
-					if (m)
-						m_freem(m);
+					m_freem(m);
 					goto out;
 				}
 				isipv6 = 0;
 #else /* !INET */
 				error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
-				if (m)
-					m_freem(m);
+				m_freem(m);
 				goto out;
 #endif /* INET */
 			} else {
 				if ((inp->inp_vflag & INP_IPV6) == 0) {
-					if (m)
-						m_freem(m);
+					m_freem(m);
 					error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
 					goto out;
 				}
@@ -1127,8 +1123,7 @@
 				inp->inp_inc.inc_flags |= INC_ISIPV6;
 				if ((error = prison_remote_ip6(td->td_ucred,
 				    &sin6->sin6_addr))) {
-					if (m)
-						m_freem(m);
+					m_freem(m);
 					goto out;
 				}
 				isipv6 = 1;
@@ -1137,23 +1132,11 @@
 		}
 #endif /* INET6 */
 		default:
-			if (m)
-				m_freem(m);
+			m_freem(m);
 			error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
-	if (control) {
-		/* TCP doesn't do control messages (rights, creds, etc) */
-		if (control->m_len) {
-			m_freem(control);
-			if (m)
-				m_freem(m);
-			error = EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		m_freem(control);	/* empty control, just free it */
-	}
 	if (!(flags & PRUS_OOB)) {
 		sbappendstream(&so->so_snd, m, flags);
 		if (nam && tp->t_state < TCPS_SYN_SENT) {
diff --git a/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c b/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c
--- a/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c
@@ -1273,6 +1273,7 @@
 				break;
 		}
 		m_freem(control);
+		control = NULL;
 	}
 	if (error)
 		goto release;
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/raw_ip6.c b/sys/netinet6/raw_ip6.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/raw_ip6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/raw_ip6.c
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
 	struct inpcb *inp;
 	struct sockaddr_in6 tmp;
 	struct sockaddr_in6 *dst;
-	int ret;
+	int error;
 
 	inp = sotoinpcb(so);
 	KASSERT(inp != NULL, ("rip6_send: inp == NULL"));
@@ -876,8 +876,8 @@
 	/* Unlocked read. */
 	if (so->so_state & SS_ISCONNECTED) {
 		if (nam) {
-			m_freem(m);
-			return (EISCONN);
+			error = EISCONN;
+			goto release;
 		}
 		/* XXX */
 		bzero(&tmp, sizeof(tmp));
@@ -889,18 +889,15 @@
 		INP_RUNLOCK(inp);
 		dst = &tmp;
 	} else {
-		if (nam == NULL) {
-			m_freem(m);
-			return (ENOTCONN);
-		}
-		if (nam->sa_family != AF_INET6) {
-			m_freem(m);
-			return (EAFNOSUPPORT);
-		}
-		if (nam->sa_len != sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6)) {
-			m_freem(m);
-			return (EINVAL);
-		}
+		error = 0;
+		if (nam == NULL)
+			error = ENOTCONN;
+		else if (nam->sa_family != AF_INET6)
+			error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
+		else if (nam->sa_len != sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6))
+			error = EINVAL;
+		if (error != 0)
+			goto release;
 		tmp = *(struct sockaddr_in6 *)nam;
 		dst = &tmp;
 
@@ -914,12 +911,17 @@
 			    "unspec. Assume AF_INET6\n");
 			dst->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 		} else if (dst->sin6_family != AF_INET6) {
-			m_freem(m);
-			return(EAFNOSUPPORT);
+			error = EAFNOSUPPORT;
+			goto release;
 		}
 	}
-	ret = rip6_output(m, so, dst, control);
-	return (ret);
+	return (rip6_output(m, so, dst, control));
+
+release:
+	if (control != NULL)
+		m_freem(control);
+	m_freem(m);
+	return (error);
 }
 
 struct pr_usrreqs rip6_usrreqs = {
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/sctp6_usrreq.c b/sys/netinet6/sctp6_usrreq.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/sctp6_usrreq.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/sctp6_usrreq.c
@@ -713,6 +713,11 @@
 #ifdef INET
 	case AF_INET:
 		if (addr->sa_len != sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) {
+			if (control) {
+				SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(control);
+				control = NULL;
+			}
+			SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(m);
 			SCTP_LTRACE_ERR_RET(inp, NULL, NULL, SCTP_FROM_SCTP6_USRREQ, EINVAL);
 			return (EINVAL);
 		}
@@ -721,12 +726,22 @@
 #ifdef INET6
 	case AF_INET6:
 		if (addr->sa_len != sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6)) {
+			if (control) {
+				SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(control);
+				control = NULL;
+			}
+			SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(m);
 			SCTP_LTRACE_ERR_RET(inp, NULL, NULL, SCTP_FROM_SCTP6_USRREQ, EINVAL);
 			return (EINVAL);
 		}
 		break;
 #endif
 	default:
+		if (control) {
+			SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(control);
+			control = NULL;
+		}
+		SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(m);
 		SCTP_LTRACE_ERR_RET(inp, NULL, NULL, SCTP_FROM_SCTP6_USRREQ, EINVAL);
 		return (EINVAL);
 	}
@@ -738,10 +753,20 @@
 		 * v4 addr or v4-mapped addr
 		 */
 		if (addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
+			if (control) {
+				SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(control);
+				control = NULL;
+			}
+			SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(m);
 			SCTP_LTRACE_ERR_RET(inp, NULL, NULL, SCTP_FROM_SCTP6_USRREQ, EINVAL);
 			return (EINVAL);
 		}
 		if (IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED(&sin6->sin6_addr)) {
+			if (control) {
+				SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(control);
+				control = NULL;
+			}
+			SCTP_RELEASE_PKT(m);
 			SCTP_LTRACE_ERR_RET(inp, NULL, NULL, SCTP_FROM_SCTP6_USRREQ, EINVAL);
 			return (EINVAL);
 		}
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/send.c b/sys/netinet6/send.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/send.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/send.c
@@ -250,8 +250,11 @@
 	m = NULL;
 
 err:
+	if (control != NULL)
+		m_freem(control);
 	if (m != NULL)
 		m_freem(m);
+
 	return (error);
 }