diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index c15d240f643f7d9d5975c6c48c14969cd85ff455..6260d6549ee8b66ae41d404df6a9eda279e4dac2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_mergeable(struct net_device *dev,
 			}
 			*xdp_xmit = true;
 			if (unlikely(xdp_page != page))
-				goto err_xdp;
+				put_page(page);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			goto xdp_xmit;
 		case XDP_REDIRECT: