diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 7de88b33d5b9..7a2dae926194 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1103,10 +1103,9 @@ static rx_handler_result_t macsec_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 	}
 
 	skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb) {
-		*pskb = NULL;
+	*pskb = skb;
+	if (!skb)
 		return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
-	}
 
 	pulled_sci = pskb_may_pull(skb, macsec_extra_len(true));
 	if (!pulled_sci) {