diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
index 838b65a59a73..5a9ae56e7868 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ struct sk_buff *nf_ct_frag6_gather(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 use
 	hdr = ipv6_hdr(clone);
 	fhdr = (struct frag_hdr *)skb_transport_header(clone);
 
+	skb_orphan(skb);
 	fq = fq_find(net, fhdr->identification, user, &hdr->saddr, &hdr->daddr,
 		     skb->dev ? skb->dev->ifindex : 0, ip6_frag_ecn(hdr));
 	if (fq == NULL) {