diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 8f0d68d14360..43c490d52df6 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ drop_pages:
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
 			nfrag->next = frag->next;
-			kfree_skb(frag);
+			consume_skb(frag);
 			frag = nfrag;
 			*fragp = frag;
 		}