diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap.c
index 8acc19e..400efa2 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,6 @@
 
 	while ((skb = sk->sk_send_head) && (!l2cap_tx_window_full(sk)) &&
 	       !(pi->conn_state & L2CAP_CONN_REMOTE_BUSY)) {
-		tx_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 		if (pi->remote_max_tx &&
 				bt_cb(skb)->retries == pi->remote_max_tx) {
@@ -1376,6 +1375,8 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
+		tx_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
 		bt_cb(skb)->retries++;
 
 		control = get_unaligned_le16(tx_skb->data + L2CAP_HDR_SIZE);