diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index 57e390cbe6d0d21630f6bf6904a0c8a663601931..f42c201f727fc7fdb46062808cd0435927081256 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1521,12 +1521,12 @@ ixgb_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	int tso;
 
 	if (test_bit(__IXGB_DOWN, &adapter->flags)) {
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
 	if (skb->len <= 0) {
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ ixgb_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	tso = ixgb_tso(adapter, skb);
 	if (tso < 0) {
-		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}