2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index f9f0730b53d5..5ec542dd5b50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ tx_drop:
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 rx_drop:
-        kfree_skb(skb);
         rcv_stats->rx_dropped++;
         return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index f769098774b7..264137fce3a2 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ static inline void net_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
  *
  * return values:
  *      NET_RX_SUCCESS  (no congestion)
- *      NET_RX_DROP     (packet was dropped)
+ *      NET_RX_DROP     (packet was dropped, but freed)
  *
  * dev_forward_skb can be used for injecting an skb from the
  * start_xmit function of one device into the receive queue
@@ -1465,12 +1465,11 @@ int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
         skb_orphan(skb);
 
-        if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
-                return NET_RX_DROP;
-
-        if (skb->len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len))
+        if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) ||
+            (skb->len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len))) {
+                kfree_skb(skb);
                 return NET_RX_DROP;
-
+        }
         skb_set_dev(skb, dev);
         skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0;
         skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;