diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index e8908916558b..f4cfbff49a1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -2153,6 +2153,16 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcmgenet_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* We store Tx state in the control block, so the skb must not be
+	 * shared, but ether_setup() leaves IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING set.
+	 */
+	skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb) {
+		BCMGENET_STATS64_INC((&ring->stats64), dropped);
+		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Retain how many bytes will be sent on the wire, without TSB inserted
 	 * by transmit checksum offload
 	 */