diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 228fe449dc6d..07476c6510f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1678,8 +1678,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
 			alloc_frag->offset += buflen;
 		}
 		err = tun_xdp_act(tun, xdp_prog, &xdp, act);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto err_xdp;
+		if (err < 0) {
+			if (act == XDP_REDIRECT || act == XDP_TX)
+				put_page(alloc_frag->page);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		if (err == XDP_REDIRECT)
 			xdp_do_flush();
 		if (err != XDP_PASS)
@@ -1693,8 +1697,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
 
 	return __tun_build_skb(tfile, alloc_frag, buf, buflen, len, pad);
 
-err_xdp:
-	put_page(alloc_frag->page);
 out:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	local_bh_enable();