diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
index dbfde0dc6ff7e7bcf3c6b182b5f49fc5daf65009..9f95f50b290904fe67797cacfa5af2f565e3188d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_req.c
@@ -729,11 +729,11 @@ int rxe_requester(void *arg)
 	ret = rxe_xmit_packet(to_rdev(qp->ibqp.device), qp, &pkt, skb);
 	if (ret) {
 		qp->need_req_skb = 1;
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 
 		rollback_state(wqe, qp, &rollback_wqe, rollback_psn);
 
 		if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+			kfree_skb(skb);
 			rxe_run_task(&qp->req.task, 1);
 			goto exit;
 		}