diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
index 6b8efcabb816..9cdfb3fe9c15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ static void packetizeRx(struct hso_net *odev, unsigned char *ip_pkt,
 					/* We got no receive buffer. */
 					D1("could not allocate memory");
 					odev->rx_parse_state = WAIT_SYNC;
-					return;
+					continue;
 				}
 
 				/* Copy what we got so far. make room for iphdr