diff --git a/include/net/inet_frag.h b/include/net/inet_frag.h
index e1300b3dd597b9..56a3a5685f7679 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_frag.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_frag.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum {
  * @flags: fragment queue flags
  * @max_size: maximum received fragment size
  * @net: namespace that this frag belongs to
+ * @list_evictor: list of queues to forcefully evict (e.g. due to low memory)
  */
 struct inet_frag_queue {
 	spinlock_t		lock;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ struct inet_frag_queue {
 	__u8			flags;
 	u16			max_size;
 	struct netns_frags	*net;
+	struct hlist_node	list_evictor;
 };
 
 #define INETFRAGS_HASHSZ	1024
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
index 5e346a082e5ff0..172234864fec73 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
@@ -151,14 +151,13 @@ inet_evict_bucket(struct inet_frags *f, struct inet_frag_bucket *hb)
 		}
 
 		fq->flags |= INET_FRAG_EVICTED;
-		hlist_del(&fq->list);
-		hlist_add_head(&fq->list, &expired);
+		hlist_add_head(&fq->list_evictor, &expired);
 		++evicted;
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&hb->chain_lock);
 
-	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(fq, n, &expired, list)
+	hlist_for_each_entry_safe(fq, n, &expired, list_evictor)
 		f->frag_expire((unsigned long) fq);
 
 	return evicted;
@@ -284,8 +283,7 @@ static inline void fq_unlink(struct inet_frag_queue *fq, struct inet_frags *f)
 	struct inet_frag_bucket *hb;
 
 	hb = get_frag_bucket_locked(fq, f);
-	if (!(fq->flags & INET_FRAG_EVICTED))
-		hlist_del(&fq->list);
+	hlist_del(&fq->list);
 	spin_unlock(&hb->chain_lock);
 }