diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index 36cc56fd0418..123b6a2411a0 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -450,6 +450,10 @@ static void pppol2tp_session_close(struct l2tp_session *session)
 static void pppol2tp_session_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct l2tp_session *session = sk->sk_user_data;
+
+	skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
+	skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_write_queue);
+
 	if (session) {
 		sk->sk_user_data = NULL;
 		BUG_ON(session->magic != L2TP_SESSION_MAGIC);
@@ -488,9 +492,6 @@ static int pppol2tp_release(struct socket *sock)
 		l2tp_session_queue_purge(session);
 		sock_put(sk);
 	}
-	skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
-	skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_write_queue);
-
 	release_sock(sk);
 
 	/* This will delete the session context via