diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 87a989be1cef8..e0baea2dfd3cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ static void __tun_detach(struct tun_file *tfile, bool clean)
 			    tun->dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
 				unregister_netdevice(tun->dev);
 		}
+		skb_array_cleanup(&tfile->tx_array);
 		sock_put(&tfile->sk);
 	}
 }
@@ -2646,7 +2647,6 @@ static int tun_chr_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct tun_file *tfile = file->private_data;
 
 	tun_detach(tfile, true);
-	skb_array_cleanup(&tfile->tx_array);
 
 	return 0;
 }