diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index f4b088d418fb..46ef1525b2e5 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -557,8 +557,9 @@ static int queue_userspace_packet(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 out:
 	if (err)
 		skb_tx_error(skb);
-	kfree_skb(user_skb);
-	kfree_skb(nskb);
+	consume_skb(user_skb);
+	consume_skb(nskb);
+
 	return err;
 }