memcpy(ptr, skb->data, rx_remain_len);
 
                        rx_pkt_len += rx_remain_len;
-                       hif_dev->rx_remain_len = 0;
                        skb_put(remain_skb, rx_pkt_len);
 
                        skb_pool[pool_index++] = remain_skb;
-
+                       hif_dev->remain_skb = NULL;
+                       hif_dev->rx_remain_len = 0;
                } else {
                        index = rx_remain_len;
                }
                pkt_len = get_unaligned_le16(ptr + index);
                pkt_tag = get_unaligned_le16(ptr + index + 2);
 
+               /* It is supposed that if we have an invalid pkt_tag or
+                * pkt_len then the whole input SKB is considered invalid
+                * and dropped; the associated packets already in skb_pool
+                * are dropped, too.
+                */
                if (pkt_tag != ATH_USB_RX_STREAM_MODE_TAG) {
                        RX_STAT_INC(hif_dev, skb_dropped);
-                       return;
+                       goto invalid_pkt;
                }
 
                if (pkt_len > 2 * MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE) {
                        dev_err(&hif_dev->udev->dev,
                                "ath9k_htc: invalid pkt_len (%x)\n", pkt_len);
                        RX_STAT_INC(hif_dev, skb_dropped);
-                       return;
+                       goto invalid_pkt;
                }
 
                pad_len = 4 - (pkt_len & 0x3);
 
                if (index > MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE) {
                        spin_lock(&hif_dev->rx_lock);
-                       hif_dev->rx_remain_len = index - MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE;
-                       hif_dev->rx_transfer_len =
-                               MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE - chk_idx - 4;
-                       hif_dev->rx_pad_len = pad_len;
-
                        nskb = __dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len + 32, GFP_ATOMIC);
                        if (!nskb) {
                                dev_err(&hif_dev->udev->dev,
                                spin_unlock(&hif_dev->rx_lock);
                                goto err;
                        }
+
+                       hif_dev->rx_remain_len = index - MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE;
+                       hif_dev->rx_transfer_len =
+                               MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE - chk_idx - 4;
+                       hif_dev->rx_pad_len = pad_len;
+
                        skb_reserve(nskb, 32);
                        RX_STAT_INC(hif_dev, skb_allocated);
 
                                 skb_pool[i]->len, USB_WLAN_RX_PIPE);
                RX_STAT_INC(hif_dev, skb_completed);
        }
+       return;
+invalid_pkt:
+       for (i = 0; i < pool_index; i++) {
+               dev_kfree_skb_any(skb_pool[i]);
+               RX_STAT_INC(hif_dev, skb_dropped);
+       }
+       return;
 }
 
 static void ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb(struct urb *urb)