diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
index b9e7ff853ce36..d6c9d841eb113 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	FN(SOCKET_CLOSE)		\
 	FN(SOCKET_FILTER)		\
 	FN(SOCKET_RCVBUFF)		\
+	FN(UNIX_SKIP_OOB)		\
 	FN(PKT_TOO_SMALL)		\
 	FN(TCP_CSUM)			\
 	FN(UDP_CSUM)			\
@@ -145,6 +146,11 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_FILTER,
 	/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_RCVBUFF: socket receive buff is full */
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_RCVBUFF,
+	/**
+	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_SKIP_OOB: Out-Of-Band data is skipped by
+	 * recv() without MSG_OOB so dropped.
+	 */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_SKIP_OOB,
 	/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_SMALL: packet size is too small */
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_SMALL,
 	/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_CSUM: TCP checksum error */
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 41b99984008a6..e31fda1d319f6 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2695,7 +2695,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *manage_oob(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk,
 	spin_unlock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
 
 	consume_skb(read_skb);
-	kfree_skb(unread_skb);
+	kfree_skb_reason(unread_skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_SKIP_OOB);
 
 	return skb;
 }