diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
index bbd0dea6b6b9..214657eb3dfd 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_pie.c
@@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ static int fq_pie_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	while (sch->q.qlen > sch->limit) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb = fq_pie_qdisc_dequeue(sch);
 
-		kfree_skb(skb);
 		len_dropped += qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
 		num_dropped += 1;
+		rtnl_kfree_skbs(skb, skb);
 	}
 	qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, num_dropped, len_dropped);