diff --git a/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
index a3cf5358f16e..82614cbdb60f 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
@@ -262,12 +262,13 @@ static int rxrpc_recvmsg_oob(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (!(flags & MSG_PEEK))
+	if (!(flags & MSG_PEEK)) {
 		skb_unlink(skb, &rx->recvmsg_oobq);
-	if (need_response)
-		rxrpc_add_pending_oob(rx, skb);
-	else
-		rxrpc_free_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_put_oob);
+		if (need_response)
+			rxrpc_add_pending_oob(rx, skb);
+		else
+			rxrpc_free_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_put_oob);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }