diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
index 7275761a1177ca..3d8a70d3ea9bd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ struct ipheth_device {
 	struct usb_device *udev;
 	struct usb_interface *intf;
 	struct net_device *net;
-	struct sk_buff *tx_skb;
 	struct urb *tx_urb;
 	struct urb *rx_urb;
 	unsigned char *tx_buf;
@@ -230,6 +229,7 @@ static void ipheth_rcvbulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 	case -ENOENT:
 	case -ECONNRESET:
 	case -ESHUTDOWN:
+	case -EPROTO:
 		return;
 	case 0:
 		break;
@@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ static void ipheth_sndbulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 		dev_err(&dev->intf->dev, "%s: urb status: %d\n",
 		__func__, status);
 
-	dev_kfree_skb_irq(dev->tx_skb);
 	if (status == 0)
 		netif_wake_queue(dev->net);
 	else
@@ -423,7 +422,7 @@ static int ipheth_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
 	if (skb->len > IPHETH_BUF_SIZE) {
 		WARN(1, "%s: skb too large: %d bytes\n", __func__, skb->len);
 		dev->net->stats.tx_dropped++;
-		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
@@ -443,12 +442,11 @@ static int ipheth_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
 		dev_err(&dev->intf->dev, "%s: usb_submit_urb: %d\n",
 			__func__, retval);
 		dev->net->stats.tx_errors++;
-		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	} else {
-		dev->tx_skb = skb;
-
 		dev->net->stats.tx_packets++;
 		dev->net->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+		dev_consume_skb_any(skb);
 		netif_stop_queue(net);
 	}