--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c @@ -2976,8 +2976,12 @@ int __tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk tcp_skb_tsorted_save(skb) { nskb = __pskb_copy(skb, MAX_TCP_HEADER, GFP_ATOMIC); - err = nskb ? tcp_transmit_skb(sk, nskb, 0, GFP_ATOMIC) : - -ENOBUFS; + if (nskb) { + nskb->dev = NULL; + err = tcp_transmit_skb(sk, nskb, 0, GFP_ATOMIC); + } else { + err = -ENOBUFS; + } } tcp_skb_tsorted_restore(skb); if (!err) {