1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 942eb17f413c..42e557d48e4e 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@ finish_segs:
                 }
                 /* Parent qdiscs accounted for 1 skb of size @prev_len */
                 qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, -(nb - 1), -(len - prev_len));
+        } else if (!skb) {
+                return NET_XMIT_DROP;
         }
         return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 }