diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
index 72ae63f0072d..03103d2bd641 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_cm.c
@@ -752,6 +752,9 @@ void ipoib_cm_send(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ipoib_cm_
 		dev->trans_start = jiffies;
 		++tx->tx_head;
 
+		skb_orphan(skb);
+		skb_dst_drop(skb);
+
 		if (++priv->tx_outstanding == ipoib_sendq_size) {
 			ipoib_dbg(priv, "TX ring 0x%x full, stopping kernel net queue\n",
 				  tx->qp->qp_num);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index f10221f40803..a1bca70e20aa 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -615,8 +615,9 @@ void ipoib_send(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		address->last_send = priv->tx_head;
 		++priv->tx_head;
-		skb_orphan(skb);
 
+		skb_orphan(skb);
+		skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(priv->tx_outstanding > MAX_SEND_CQE))