It is not allowed to call kfree_skb() from hardware interrupt context or with interrupts being disabled. So replace kfree_skb() with dev_kfree_skb_irq() under spin_lock_irqsave(). Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c index 1b532e00a56f..7fb2f9513476 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c @@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t wl3501_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, } else { ++dev->stats.tx_packets; dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len; - kfree_skb(skb); + dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb); if (this->tx_buffer_cnt < 2) netif_stop_queue(dev); -- 2.25.1