diff --git a/net/core/sock_reuseport.c b/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
index ae0969c0fc2e43553bdb5331d1688374ff665ae1..1df98c55744029de02522e34ed00c3cd2ca03af1 100644
--- a/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
+++ b/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static struct sock *run_bpf(struct sock_reuseport *reuse, u16 socks,
 
 	/* temporarily advance data past protocol header */
 	if (!pskb_pull(skb, hdr_len)) {
-		consume_skb(nskb);
+		kfree_skb(nskb);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	index = bpf_prog_run_save_cb(prog, skb);