diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 76dde25fb9a0..ec410e08b4b9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,7 @@ void ip_send_unicast_reply(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 daddr,
 			  arg->csumoffset) = csum_fold(csum_add(nskb->csum,
 								arg->csum));
 		nskb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
+		skb_orphan(nskb);
 		skb_set_queue_mapping(nskb, skb_get_queue_mapping(skb));
 		ip_push_pending_frames(sk, &fl4);
 	}