diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h b/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
index fa52d5ffca723..ced413d394cd2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ int xenvif_dealloc_kthread(void *data);
 irqreturn_t xenvif_ctrl_irq_fn(int irq, void *data);
 
 bool xenvif_have_rx_work(struct xenvif_queue *queue, bool test_kthread);
-void xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb);
+bool xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 void xenvif_carrier_on(struct xenvif *vif);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index 5efe86b3ba068..6432f6e7fd548 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -255,14 +255,16 @@ xenvif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (vif->hash.alg == XEN_NETIF_CTRL_HASH_ALGORITHM_NONE)
 		skb_clear_hash(skb);
 
-	xenvif_rx_queue_tail(queue, skb);
+	if (!xenvif_rx_queue_tail(queue, skb))
+		goto drop;
+
 	xenvif_kick_thread(queue);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
  drop:
 	vif->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c
index 6f940a32dcb83..ab216970137c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/rx.c
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ static bool xenvif_rx_ring_slots_available(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 	return false;
 }
 
-void xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
+bool xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool ret = true;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&queue->rx_queue.lock, flags);
 
@@ -92,8 +93,7 @@ void xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		struct net_device *dev = queue->vif->dev;
 
 		netif_tx_stop_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, queue->id));
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		queue->vif->dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
+		ret = false;
 	} else {
 		if (skb_queue_empty(&queue->rx_queue))
 			xenvif_update_needed_slots(queue, skb);
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ void xenvif_rx_queue_tail(struct xenvif_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->rx_queue.lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static struct sk_buff *xenvif_rx_dequeue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)