1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/niu.c b/drivers/net/niu.c
index babb1ef37e34..ac361642567a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/niu.c
@@ -5208,7 +5208,8 @@ static int niu_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
                 }
                 kfree_skb(skb);
                 skb = skb_new;
-        }
+        } else
+                skb_orphan(skb);
 
         align = ((unsigned long) skb->data & (16 - 1));
         headroom = align + sizeof(struct tx_pkt_hdr);