--- linux-2.6.10-bk14/drivers/net/ethertap.c	2004-12-24 22:34:26.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.10-work/drivers/net/ethertap.c	2005-01-11 22:18:19.113295324 +0100
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@
 			return 0;
 		}
 	  	dev_kfree_skb(skb2);
-	}
-	/* ... but do not orphan it here, netlink does it in any case. */
+	} else
+		skb_orphan(skb);
 
 	lp->stats.tx_bytes+=skb->len;
 	lp->stats.tx_packets++;