diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 8f377d0a80fe..6d17738c1c53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2288,6 +2288,18 @@ static netdev_tx_t ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	    (tx_pool->consumer_index + 1) % tx_pool->num_buffers;
 
 	tx_buff = &tx_pool->tx_buff[bufidx];
+
+	/* Sanity checks on our free map to make sure it points to an index
+	 * that is not being occupied by another skb. If skb memory is
+	 * not freed then we see congestion control kick in and halt tx.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(tx_buff->skb)) {
+		dev_warn_ratelimited(dev, "TX free map points to untracked skb (%s %d idx=%d)\n",
+				     skb_is_gso(skb) ? "tso_pool" : "tx_pool",
+				     queue_num, bufidx);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(tx_buff->skb);
+	}
+
 	tx_buff->skb = skb;
 	tx_buff->index = bufidx;
 	tx_buff->pool_index = queue_num;