diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/core.c b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/core.c
index dd8b150fbffa..1826cd330468 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/core.c
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ static int st21nfca_hci_complete_target_discovered(struct nfc_hci_dev *hdev,
 							NFC_PROTO_FELICA_MASK;
 		} else {
 			kfree_skb(nfcid_skb);
+			nfcid_skb = NULL;
 			/* P2P in type A */
 			r = nfc_hci_get_param(hdev, ST21NFCA_RF_READER_F_GATE,
 					ST21NFCA_RF_READER_F_NFCID1,