diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 6072610a8672..ca15f32821fb 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ static void neigh_invalidate(struct neighbour *neigh)
 static void neigh_probe(struct neighbour *neigh)
 	__releases(neigh->lock)
 {
-	struct sk_buff *skb = skb_peek(&neigh->arp_queue);
+	struct sk_buff *skb = skb_peek_tail(&neigh->arp_queue);
 	/* keep skb alive even if arp_queue overflows */
 	if (skb)
 		skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);