diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 8ede3bc52481b73c82834aa684111013c6d40cad..bf168838a0296e9387de33ad5afabb3bdf3b35f0 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ static void xs_udp_data_receive(struct sock_xprt *transport)
 		skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, 0, 1, &err);
 		if (skb != NULL) {
 			xs_udp_data_read_skb(&transport->xprt, sk, skb);
-			skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
+			skb_free_datagram_locked(sk, skb);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!test_and_clear_bit(XPRT_SOCK_DATA_READY, &transport->sock_state))