diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_route.c b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
index b94cb2ffbaf8faec80ffd4f02d277a73d2de7a3b..0ccd277352e48533e8c96e2761cf9341c88b121f 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
@@ -746,13 +746,13 @@ void nr_link_failed(ax25_cb *ax25, int reason)
 int nr_route_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, ax25_cb *ax25)
 {
        ax25_address *nr_src, *nr_dest;
+       struct sk_buff *skbn, *oskb;
        struct nr_neigh *nr_neigh;
        struct nr_node  *nr_node;
        struct net_device *dev;
        unsigned char *dptr;
        ax25_cb *ax25s;
        int ret;
-       struct sk_buff *skbn;
 
        /*
         * Reject malformed packets early. Check that it contains at least 2
@@ -817,8 +817,8 @@ int nr_route_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, ax25_cb *ax25)
                dev_put(dev);
                return 0;
        }
-       kfree_skb(skb);
-       skb=skbn;
+       oskb = skb;
+       skb = skb;
        skb->data[14]--;
 
        dptr  = skb_push(skb, 1);
@@ -837,6 +837,8 @@ int nr_route_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, ax25_cb *ax25)
        nr_node_unlock(nr_node);
        nr_node_put(nr_node);
 
+       if (ret)
+               kfree_skb(oskb);
        return ret;
 }