diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2e7296a14e3d..9bdf6a2365f8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 792dd90f114a48c210c566f3642b26f699702cb7
+refs/heads/master: 3ebebccf89b1b6e4fec4de05b245d6c459f27ce8
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c b/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
index babb1ef37e34..ac361642567a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
@@ -5208,7 +5208,8 @@ static int niu_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		skb = skb_new;
-	}
+	} else
+		skb_orphan(skb);
 
 	align = ((unsigned long) skb->data & (16 - 1));
 	headroom = align + sizeof(struct tx_pkt_hdr);