diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ba7b8121a414..7f2caad46a3d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2355,6 +2355,9 @@ void __dev_kfree_skb_irq(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_free_reason reason)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (unlikely(!skb))
+		return;
+
 	if (likely(atomic_read(&skb->users) == 1)) {
 		smp_rmb();
 		atomic_set(&skb->users, 0);