diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8727dcb96d05..c75221857f97 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5c659322a904a7cc0265e7b183372b9bdebec6db
+refs/heads/master: 0110d6f22f392f976e84ab49da1b42f85b64a3c5
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/tun.c b/trunk/drivers/net/tun.c
index 96c39bddc78c..43265207d463 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t tun_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Orphan the skb - required as we might hang on to it
+	 * for indefinite time. */
+	skb_orphan(skb);
+
 	/* Enqueue packet */
 	skb_queue_tail(&tun->socket.sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
 	dev->trans_start = jiffies;