diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 6a64fe410987e852467c82a507a55b399b20e98e..22b0472a5fad185c36bf0c28eb85552f3cf76b8b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ int can_put_echo_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	BUG_ON(idx >= priv->echo_skb_max);
 
 	/* check flag whether this packet has to be looped back */
-	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_ECHO) || skb->pkt_type != PACKET_LOOPBACK ||
+	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_ECHO) ||
 	    (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_CAN) &&
 	     skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_CANFD))) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ int can_put_echo_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		/* make settings for echo to reduce code in irq context */
-		skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 		skb->dev = dev;
 
@@ -111,6 +110,13 @@ __can_get_echo_skb(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int idx, u8 *len_ptr,
 
 		priv->echo_skb[idx] = NULL;
 
+		if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK) {
+			skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
+		} else {
+			dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
 		return skb;
 	}