diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 890e27b986e2..7f4539a2e551 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -3409,6 +3409,12 @@ static void release_sub_crqs(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter, bool do_h_free)
 		adapter->num_active_tx_scrqs = 0;
 	}
 
+	/* Clean any remaining outstanding SKBs
+	 * we freed the irq so we won't be hearing
+	 * from them
+	 */
+	clean_tx_pools(adapter);
+
 	if (adapter->rx_scrq) {
 		for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_active_rx_scrqs; i++) {
 			if (!adapter->rx_scrq[i])