diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index 9b0158fa431f..d6ee343fdb86 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -722,10 +722,14 @@ struct sk_buff *ip_check_defrag(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 user)
 	if (ip_is_fragment(&iph)) {
 		skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (skb) {
-			if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, netoff + iph.ihl * 4))
-				return skb;
-			if (pskb_trim_rcsum(skb, netoff + len))
-				return skb;
+			if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, netoff + iph.ihl * 4)) {
+				kfree_skb(skb);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			if (pskb_trim_rcsum(skb, netoff + len)) {
+				kfree_skb(skb);
+				return NULL;
+			}
 			memset(IPCB(skb), 0, sizeof(struct inet_skb_parm));
 			if (ip_defrag(net, skb, user))
 				return NULL;