diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_input.c b/sys/netinet/ip_input.c
index 02d2d125058..f3e477f4195 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_input.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_input.c
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ found:
 #ifdef MAC
 		if (mac_init_ipq(fp, M_NOWAIT) != 0) {
 			uma_zfree(ipq_zone, fp);
+			fp = NULL;
 			goto dropfrag;
 		}
 		mac_create_ipq(m, fp);