diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/rmnet_ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/rmnet_ipa.c
index 3eb145ba5162..0f53636b6cf6 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/rmnet_ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/rmnet_ipa.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipa3_wwan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(skb == NULL)) {
+		IPAWANERR_RL("unexpected NULL data\n");
+		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+	}
+
 	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_MAP)) {
 		IPAWANDBG_LOW
 		("SW filtering out none QMAP packet received from %s",