diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index faa48f70b7c9b132bfaf3c8ce561982e82c4c7b6..da8721443503a6e529919ed7faf4a64ed2133d3c 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation)
 		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_clone(skb, allocation);
 		if (!nskb)
 			return skb;
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		consume_skb(skb);
 		skb = nskb;
 	}