diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index ffe3dcc0ebea..effa19da8681 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -902,6 +902,8 @@ void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	lockdep_assert_in_softirq();
+
 	if (!skb_unref(skb))
 		return;