diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index ffe074cb5865..ee63af0ef42c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,7 @@ void skb_consume_udp(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int len)
 		sk_peek_offset_bwd(sk, len);
 
 	if (!skb_shared(skb)) {
+		skb_orphan(skb);
 		skb_attempt_defer_free(skb);
 		return;
 	}