diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 41cef3e3f558b857a9093a83f6b0c73f32b8b45f..5df6cbce727c140684b84129c26ffc0606260cbb 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4390,8 +4390,10 @@ struct sk_buff *napi_get_frags(struct napi_struct *napi)
 
 	if (!skb) {
 		skb = napi_alloc_skb(napi, GRO_MAX_HEAD);
-		napi->skb = skb;
-		skb_mark_napi_id(skb, napi);
+		if (skb) {
+			napi->skb = skb;
+			skb_mark_napi_id(skb, napi);
+		}
 	}
 	return skb;
 }