diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index e82f2e30bd39..2b0f00f92eae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ static void vxlan_encap_bypass(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vxlan_dev *src_vxlan,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	dev = skb->dev;
 	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))) {
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_READY);
 		goto drop;
 	}