diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_packet.c b/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
index e233ce0..89d35c5 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
@@ -2708,7 +2708,12 @@
 
       /* Check packet size. */
       if (length + delta + ntohs (lsa->data->length) > OSPF_PACKET_MAX (oi))
-	break;
+        {
+          /* clean up */
+          list_delete_node (update, node);
+          ospf_lsa_unlock (lsa);
+          break;
+        }
       
       /* Keep pointer to LS age. */
       lsah = (struct lsa_header *) (STREAM_DATA (s) + stream_get_putp (s));