diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
index 9948b5ce52dad3..986d4ca38832b1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ int nf_ct_frag6_gather(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 user)
 	hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 	fhdr = (struct frag_hdr *)skb_transport_header(skb);
 
+	skb_orphan(skb);
 	fq = fq_find(net, fhdr->identification, user, &hdr->saddr, &hdr->daddr,
 		     skb->dev ? skb->dev->ifindex : 0, ip6_frag_ecn(hdr));
 	if (fq == NULL) {
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
index 54253ea5976e69..919d66e083d1f5 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ static int handle_fragments(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 	} else if (key->eth.type == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
 		enum ip6_defrag_users user = IP6_DEFRAG_CONNTRACK_IN + zone;
 
-		skb_orphan(skb);
 		memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(struct inet6_skb_parm));
 		err = nf_ct_frag6_gather(net, skb, user);
 		if (err) {