diff --git a/dma.c b/dma.c
index e5dd7080..75e65977 100644
--- a/dma.c
+++ b/dma.c
@@ -467,10 +467,13 @@ mt76_add_fragment(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_queue *q, void *data,
 	struct page *page = virt_to_head_page(data);
 	int offset = data - page_address(page);
 	struct sk_buff *skb = q->rx_head;
+	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 
-	offset += q->buf_offset;
-	skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, page, offset, len,
-			q->buf_size);
+	if (shinfo->nr_frags < ARRAY_SIZE(shinfo->frags)) {
+		offset += q->buf_offset;
+		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, shinfo->nr_frags, page, offset, len,
+				q->buf_size);
+	}
 
 	if (more)
 		return;