diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
index 150ccf5192a9895d8e6dc1d41c3510c207d870e5..2e88115e87359777279872efaad3581078aaa59e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/switchx2.c
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t mlxsw_sx_port_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb_orig);
 			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 		}
+		dev_consume_skb_any(skb_orig);
 	}
 	mlxsw_sx_txhdr_construct(skb, &tx_info);
 	/* TX header is consumed by HW on the way so we shouldn't count its