diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index c366ccc8b3db7b3052faea7fc75367d6a9f052b5..ecac7886988b1506fcb044ae582951b72e91966a 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_br_ops);
 /* net device transmit always called with BH disabled */
 netdev_tx_t br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	enum skb_drop_reason reason = pskb_may_pull_reason(skb, ETH_HLEN);
 	struct net_bridge_mcast_port *pmctx_null = NULL;
 	struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx = &br->multicast_ctx;
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ netdev_tx_t br_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	const unsigned char *dest;
 	u16 vid = 0;
 
+	if (unlikely(reason != SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET)) {
+		kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	}
+
 	memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(struct br_input_skb_cb));
 	br_tc_skb_miss_set(skb, false);