diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
index 46f5223b4d8964d48d90612b1331818832f7b2e0..c747eb24581c42683f93f6e285a660e2edd9daea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
@@ -431,6 +431,12 @@ mt76_dma_rx_reset(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_rxq_id qid)
 	mt76_dma_rx_cleanup(dev, q);
 	mt76_dma_sync_idx(dev, q);
 	mt76_dma_rx_fill(dev, q);
+
+	if (!q->rx_head)
+		return;
+
+	dev_kfree_skb(q->rx_head);
+	q->rx_head = NULL;
 }
 
 static void