diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 28914c71d9327260187f5bb7b3a4796db70bca30..bf43de5dbbc8e492565f99b816ec8f4ee21840d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1681,6 +1681,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, pad - delta);
 	skb_put(skb, len);
+	skb_set_owner_w(skb, tfile->socket.sk);
 	get_page(alloc_frag->page);
 	alloc_frag->offset += buflen;