diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
index 9eb89f3f0ee4cb..894ec30c5896a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ static inline void fq_unlink(struct inet_frag_queue *fq, struct inet_frags *f)
 	struct inet_frag_bucket *hb;
 
 	hb = get_frag_bucket_locked(fq, f);
-	hlist_del(&fq->list);
+	if (!(fq->flags & INET_FRAG_EVICTED))
+		hlist_del(&fq->list);
 	spin_unlock(&hb->chain_lock);
 }