diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
index e81dfaf99bcbf..9bf13994c036b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
@@ -511,13 +511,13 @@ mt76_add_fragment(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q, void *data,
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb = q->rx_head;
 	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
+	int nr_frags = shinfo->nr_frags;
 
-	if (shinfo->nr_frags < ARRAY_SIZE(shinfo->frags)) {
+	if (nr_frags < ARRAY_SIZE(shinfo->frags)) {
 		struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(data);
 		int offset = data - page_address(page) + q->buf_offset;
 
-		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, shinfo->nr_frags, page, offset, len,
-				q->buf_size);
+		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, nr_frags, page, offset, len, q->buf_size);
 	} else {
 		skb_free_frag(data);
 	}
@@ -526,7 +526,10 @@ mt76_add_fragment(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q, void *data,
 		return;
 
 	q->rx_head = NULL;
-	dev->drv->rx_skb(dev, q - dev->q_rx, skb);
+	if (nr_frags < ARRAY_SIZE(shinfo->frags))
+		dev->drv->rx_skb(dev, q - dev->q_rx, skb);
+	else
+		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
 static int