diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 5dead399fe64dc50366ccbe575db02021ff4d076..26de3c0ea31e516c23670c924b579be43128847b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -1427,8 +1427,9 @@ void ip6_flush_pending_frames(struct sock *sk)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue_tail(&sk->sk_write_queue)) != NULL) {
-		IP6_INC_STATS(ip6_dst_idev(skb->dst),
-			      IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
+		if (skb->dst)
+			IP6_INC_STATS(ip6_dst_idev(skb->dst),
+				      IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 	}