diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4b1053057ca601742088038f40e6ddffa4eb6cb5..42ba150fa18d54ac110c88d1dd7d5bebffc3dc7d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5252,7 +5252,7 @@ static void flush_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(&sd->input_pkt_queue, skb, tmp) {
 		if (skb->dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERING) {
 			__skb_unlink(skb, &sd->input_pkt_queue);
-			kfree_skb(skb);
+			dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 			input_queue_head_incr(sd);
 		}
 	}