diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index e25b0fdd935c..5df487c81ed9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ static int ip6_tnl_xmit2(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		if (skb->sk)
 			skb_set_owner_w(new_skb, skb->sk);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		consume_skb(skb);
 		skb = new_skb;
 	}
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);