diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
index 5b3f65e29b6f..8951de8b568f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
@@ -265,8 +265,14 @@ static int nf_ct_frag6_queue(struct frag_queue *fq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	prev = fq->q.fragments_tail;
 	err = inet_frag_queue_insert(&fq->q, skb, offset, end);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		if (err == IPFRAG_DUP) {
+			/* No error for duplicates, pretend they got queued. */
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			return -EINPROGRESS;
+		}
 		goto insert_error;
+	}
 
 	if (dev)
 		fq->iif = dev->ifindex;
@@ -304,8 +310,6 @@ static int nf_ct_frag6_queue(struct frag_queue *fq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return -EINPROGRESS;
 
 insert_error:
-	if (err == IPFRAG_DUP)
-		goto err;
 	inet_frag_kill(&fq->q);
 err:
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);