diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
index 26a37cedcf2e..aa33a4a7a715 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.c
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ ipq_build_packet_message(struct nf_queue_entry *entry, int *errp)
 	case IPQ_COPY_META:
 	case IPQ_COPY_NONE:
 		size = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*pmsg));
-		data_len = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case IPQ_COPY_PACKET:
@@ -224,8 +223,6 @@ ipq_build_packet_message(struct nf_queue_entry *entry, int *errp)
 	return skb;
 
 nlmsg_failure:
-	if (skb)
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 	*errp = -EINVAL;
 	printk(KERN_ERR "ip_queue: error creating packet message\n");
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
index 2eff3ae8977d..1b8815f6153d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ ipq_build_packet_message(struct nf_queue_entry *entry, int *errp)
 	case IPQ_COPY_META:
 	case IPQ_COPY_NONE:
 		size = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*pmsg));
-		data_len = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case IPQ_COPY_PACKET:
@@ -226,8 +225,6 @@ ipq_build_packet_message(struct nf_queue_entry *entry, int *errp)
 	return skb;
 
 nlmsg_failure:
-	if (skb)
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 	*errp = -EINVAL;
 	printk(KERN_ERR "ip6_queue: error creating packet message\n");
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 3447025ce068..04e9c965f8ca 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 	switch ((enum nfqnl_config_mode)queue->copy_mode) {
 	case NFQNL_COPY_META:
 	case NFQNL_COPY_NONE:
-		data_len = 0;
 		break;
 
 	case NFQNL_COPY_PACKET: