diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
index 02492d241e4c..509d5e063d8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ void can_free_echo_skb(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int idx)
 	BUG_ON(idx >= priv->echo_skb_max);
 
 	if (priv->echo_skb[idx]) {
-		kfree_skb(priv->echo_skb[idx]);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(priv->echo_skb[idx]);
 		priv->echo_skb[idx] = NULL;
 	}
 }