1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
index 1e869df656c1..1edecb10993d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
@@ -1264,13 +1264,18 @@ static void veth_receive(struct veth_lpar_connection *cnx,
 
                 vlan = skb->data[9];
                 dev = veth_dev[vlan];
-                if (! dev)
-                        /* Some earlier versions of the driver sent
-                           broadcasts down all connections, even to
-                           lpars that weren't on the relevant vlan.
-                           So ignore packets belonging to a vlan we're
-                           not on. */
+                if (! dev) {
+                        /*
+                         * Some earlier versions of the driver sent
+                         * broadcasts down all connections, even to lpars
+                         * that weren't on the relevant vlan. So ignore
+                         * packets belonging to a vlan we're not on.
+                         * We can also be here if we receive packets while
+                         * the driver is going down, because then dev is NULL.
+                         */
+                        dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
                         continue;
+                }
 
                 port = (struct veth_port *)dev->priv;
                 dest = *((u64 *) skb->data) & 0xFFFFFFFFFFFF0000;