diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
index d62d61d734ea..4d01b6cbf0eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
@@ -834,7 +834,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ems_usb_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ne
 
 		usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
 		usb_free_coherent(dev->udev, size, buf, urb->transfer_dma);
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 
 		atomic_dec(&dev->active_tx_urbs);