diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 022d8894c11de1ef21839988f5b233ca878db1ef..c54f3664bce5b0e868928df71c392dc18f89f2a0 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -268,8 +268,10 @@ struct sk_buff *__netdev_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	skb = alloc_skb(length + NET_SKB_PAD, gfp_mask);
-	if (likely(skb))
+	if (likely(skb)) {
 		skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD);
+		skb->dev = dev;
+	}
 	return skb;
 }