diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index f18fc1a0321f..538f3c4458b0 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -675,6 +675,16 @@ static inline void __qdisc_drop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **to_free)
 	*to_free = skb;
 }
 
+static inline void __qdisc_drop_all(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				    struct sk_buff **to_free)
+{
+	if (skb->prev)
+		skb->prev->next = *to_free;
+	else
+		skb->next = *to_free;
+	*to_free = skb;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int __qdisc_queue_drop_head(struct Qdisc *sch,
 						   struct qdisc_skb_head *qh,
 						   struct sk_buff **to_free)
@@ -795,6 +805,15 @@ static inline int qdisc_drop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
 	return NET_XMIT_DROP;
 }
 
+static inline int qdisc_drop_all(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
+				 struct sk_buff **to_free)
+{
+	__qdisc_drop_all(skb, to_free);
+	qdisc_qstats_drop(sch);
+
+	return NET_XMIT_DROP;
+}
+
 /* Length to Time (L2T) lookup in a qdisc_rate_table, to determine how
    long it will take to send a packet given its size.
  */
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index c73d58872cf8..e899d9eb76cb 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int netem_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(sch->q.qlen >= sch->limit))
-		return qdisc_drop(skb, sch, to_free);
+		return qdisc_drop_all(skb, sch, to_free);
 
 	qdisc_qstats_backlog_inc(sch, skb);