diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index a773f2016bad..8cbf60d4689e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -1521,7 +1521,16 @@ static int xenvif_tx_submit(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 
 		/* Check the remap error code. */
 		if (unlikely(xenvif_tx_check_gop(queue, skb, &gop_map, &gop_copy))) {
+			/* If there was an error, xenvif_tx_check_gop is
+			 * expected to release all the frags which were mapped,
+			 * so kfree_skb shouldn't do it again
+			 */
 			skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags = 0;
+			if (skb_has_frag_list(skb)) {
+				struct sk_buff *nskb =
+						skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list;
+				skb_shinfo(nskb)->nr_frags = 0;
+			}
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			continue;
 		}