diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e904c476b112..9bf1cccb067e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1937,7 +1937,6 @@ int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE)
 			skb_dst_drop(nskb);
 
-		skb_orphan_try(nskb);
 		rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(nskb, dev);
 		if (unlikely(rc != NETDEV_TX_OK)) {
 			if (rc & ~NETDEV_TX_MASK)