diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 9d2fd3ced21b..708d72cc4fab 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1749,6 +1749,7 @@ int tcp_read_skb(struct sock *sk, skb_read_actor_t recv_actor)
 		int used;
 
 		__skb_unlink(skb, &sk->sk_receive_queue);
+		skb_orphan(skb);
 		used = recv_actor(sk, skb);
 		if (used <= 0) {
 			if (!copied)