diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index bbe7f72db9c15..b3cdeec85f1f2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ static void ip_expire(unsigned long arg)
 	qp = container_of((struct inet_frag_queue *) arg, struct ipq, q);
 	net = container_of(qp->q.net, struct net, ipv4.frags);
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	spin_lock(&qp->q.lock);
 
 	if (qp->q.flags & INET_FRAG_COMPLETE)
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ static void ip_expire(unsigned long arg)
 	__IP_INC_STATS(net, IPSTATS_MIB_REASMFAILS);
 
 	if (!inet_frag_evicting(&qp->q)) {
-		struct sk_buff *head = qp->q.fragments;
+		struct sk_buff *clone, *head = qp->q.fragments;
 		const struct iphdr *iph;
 		int err;
 
@@ -216,32 +217,40 @@ static void ip_expire(unsigned long arg)
 		if (!(qp->q.flags & INET_FRAG_FIRST_IN) || !qp->q.fragments)
 			goto out;
 
-		rcu_read_lock();
 		head->dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, qp->iif);
 		if (!head->dev)
-			goto out_rcu_unlock;
+			goto out;
+
 
 		/* skb has no dst, perform route lookup again */
 		iph = ip_hdr(head);
 		err = ip_route_input_noref(head, iph->daddr, iph->saddr,
 					   iph->tos, head->dev);
 		if (err)
-			goto out_rcu_unlock;
+			goto out;
 
 		/* Only an end host needs to send an ICMP
 		 * "Fragment Reassembly Timeout" message, per RFC792.
 		 */
 		if (frag_expire_skip_icmp(qp->user) &&
 		    (skb_rtable(head)->rt_type != RTN_LOCAL))
-			goto out_rcu_unlock;
+			goto out;
+
+		clone = skb_clone(head, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 		/* Send an ICMP "Fragment Reassembly Timeout" message. */
-		icmp_send(head, ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED, ICMP_EXC_FRAGTIME, 0);
-out_rcu_unlock:
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+		if (clone) {
+			spin_unlock(&qp->q.lock);
+			icmp_send(clone, ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED,
+				  ICMP_EXC_FRAGTIME, 0);
+			consume_skb(clone);
+			goto out_rcu_unlock;
+		}
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&qp->q.lock);
+out_rcu_unlock:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	ipq_put(qp);
 }