diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c
index ebed05a2804cf..8735891ee1286 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_mdb.c
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ netdev_tx_t vxlan_mdb_xmit(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 		vxlan_xmit_one(skb, vxlan->dev, src_vni,
 			       rcu_dereference(fremote->rd), false);
 	else
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_VXLAN_NO_REMOTE);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }