diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 15a73ec42c64ee14b537e8c5b0c573b8de03d015..dda997a0102c39175be955077f64a79461c3cfbb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1161,9 +1161,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		struct sk_buff *skb1;
 
 		skb1 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		rc1 = vxlan_xmit_one(skb1, dev, rdst, did_rsc);
-		if (rc == NETDEV_TX_OK)
-			rc = rc1;
+		if (skb1) {
+			rc1 = vxlan_xmit_one(skb1, dev, rdst, did_rsc);
+			if (rc == NETDEV_TX_OK)
+				rc = rc1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	rc1 = vxlan_xmit_one(skb, dev, rdst0, did_rsc);