diff --git a/net/can/j1939/transport.c b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
index 0cec4152f979..88cf1062e1e9 100644
--- a/net/can/j1939/transport.c
+++ b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ sk_buff *j1939_tp_tx_dat_new(struct j1939_priv *priv,
 	skb->dev = priv->ndev;
 	can_skb_reserve(skb);
 	can_skb_prv(skb)->ifindex = priv->ndev->ifindex;
+	can_skb_prv(skb)->skbcnt = 0;
 	/* reserve CAN header */
 	skb_reserve(skb, offsetof(struct can_frame, data));