diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index be039dd6114d..267992b3de8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static bool i40e_clean_tx_irq(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, int budget)
 		total_packets += tx_buf->gso_segs;
 
 		/* free the skb */
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(tx_buf->skb);
+		dev_consume_skb_any(tx_buf->skb);
 
 		/* unmap skb header data */
 		dma_unmap_single(tx_ring->dev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 2a4e6f157412..3566feab1e0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -6374,7 +6374,7 @@ static bool igb_clean_tx_irq(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector)
 		total_packets += tx_buffer->gso_segs;
 
 		/* free the skb */
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(tx_buffer->skb);
+		dev_consume_skb_any(tx_buffer->skb);
 
 		/* unmap skb header data */
 		dma_unmap_single(tx_ring->dev,