diff --git a/net/tls/tls_strp.c b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
index 5df08d848b5c..1852fac3e72b 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_strp.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@ static int tls_strp_read_copy(struct tls_strparser *strp, bool qshort)
 		return 0;
 
 	shinfo = skb_shinfo(strp->anchor);
-	shinfo->frag_list = NULL;
 
 	/* If we don't know the length go max plus page for cipher overhead */
 	need_spc = strp->stm.full_len ?: TLS_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE + PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -411,6 +410,8 @@ static int tls_strp_read_copy(struct tls_strparser *strp, bool qshort)
 				   page, 0, 0);
 	}
 
+	shinfo->frag_list = NULL;
+
 	strp->copy_mode = 1;
 	strp->stm.offset = 0;