diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 6e73d3a00eec..8b4be2e4d1cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *xennet_alloc_one_rx_buffer(struct netfront_queue *queue)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	skb_add_rx_frag(skb, 0, page, 0, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+	skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);
 
 	/* Align ip header to a 16 bytes boundary */
 	skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);