1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index cf465d66ccde..69cd9bf3f561 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -2358,7 +2358,8 @@ int tipc_link_recv_fragment(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff **tail,
                 *head = frag;
                 skb_frag_list_init(*head);
                 return 0;
-        } else if (skb_try_coalesce(*head, frag, &headstolen, &delta)) {
+        } else if (*head &&
+                   skb_try_coalesce(*head, frag, &headstolen, &delta)) {
                 kfree_skb_partial(frag, headstolen);
         } else {
                 if (!*head)