diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index c3a0683e83dfbc7ad3f6a9d636d769e70fea4203..d4ab0edb53b50cc06a55771ded7671d1ae403c37 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -616,5 +616,6 @@ void ip_list_rcv(struct list_head *head, struct packet_type *pt,
 		list_add_tail(&skb->list, &sublist);
 	}
 	/* dispatch final sublist */
-	ip_sublist_rcv(&sublist, curr_dev, curr_net);
+	if (!list_empty(&sublist))
+		ip_sublist_rcv(&sublist, curr_dev, curr_net);
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index a8269ef01e60dc94d92f9fd93cc1bae93507fe33..ec06fd3e545d1d3d06c864dce082d416ab53fe45 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ void ipv6_list_rcv(struct list_head *head, struct packet_type *pt,
 		list_add_tail(&skb->list, &sublist);
 	}
 	/* dispatch final sublist */
-	ip6_sublist_rcv(&sublist, curr_dev, curr_net);
+	if (!list_empty(&sublist))
+		ip6_sublist_rcv(&sublist, curr_dev, curr_net);
 }
 
 /*