diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 794a96f6b8d9..fe5cda0deb39 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@ static int sample(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		skb_get(skb);
 	} else {
 		sample_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (!sample_skb) /* Skip sample action when out of memory. */
+			return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Note that do_execute_actions() never consumes skb.