diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 5b0215b7c176..8ab86bbdbf5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf(struct vmxnet3_rx_queue *rq, u32 ring_idx,
 				if (dma_mapping_error(&adapter->pdev->dev,
 						      rbi->dma_addr)) {
 					dev_kfree_skb_any(rbi->skb);
+					rbi->skb = NULL;
 					rq->stats.rx_buf_alloc_failure++;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -613,6 +614,7 @@ vmxnet3_rq_alloc_rx_buf(struct vmxnet3_rx_queue *rq, u32 ring_idx,
 				if (dma_mapping_error(&adapter->pdev->dev,
 						      rbi->dma_addr)) {
 					put_page(rbi->page);
+					rbi->page = NULL;
 					rq->stats.rx_buf_alloc_failure++;
 					break;
 				}