diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
index 5ba5c7c6fb81..83e65d8799e0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_dp.c
@@ -2569,7 +2569,7 @@ static void ipa3_replenish_rx_cache_recycle(struct ipa3_sys_context *sys)
 			spin_lock_bh(&sys->spinlock);
 			rx_pkt = list_first_entry(&sys->rcycl_list,
 				struct ipa3_rx_pkt_wrapper, link);
-			list_del(&rx_pkt->link);
+			list_del_init(&rx_pkt->link);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&sys->spinlock);
 			ptr = skb_put(rx_pkt->data.skb, sys->rx_buff_sz);
 			rx_pkt->data.dma_addr = dma_map_single(ipa3_ctx->pdev,
@@ -2610,8 +2610,8 @@ static void ipa3_replenish_rx_cache_recycle(struct ipa3_sys_context *sys)
 	goto done;
 fail_dma_mapping:
 	spin_lock_bh(&sys->spinlock);
+	ipa3_skb_recycle(rx_pkt->data.skb);
 	list_add_tail(&rx_pkt->link, &sys->rcycl_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rx_pkt->link);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&sys->spinlock);
 fail_kmem_cache_alloc:
 	if (rx_len_cached == 0) {