diff --git a/net/core/skmsg.c b/net/core/skmsg.c
index ee38b50eacae..1d7cf920bf4e 100644
--- a/net/core/skmsg.c
+++ b/net/core/skmsg.c
@@ -525,26 +525,35 @@ static int sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					u32 off, u32 len,
 					struct sk_psock *psock,
 					struct sock *sk,
-					struct sk_msg *msg)
+					struct sk_msg *msg,
+					bool take_ref)
 {
 	int num_sge, copied;
 
-	/* skb linearize may fail with ENOMEM, but lets simply try again
-	 * later if this happens. Under memory pressure we don't want to
-	 * drop the skb. We need to linearize the skb so that the mapping
-	 * in skb_to_sgvec can not error.
+	/* skb_to_sgvec will fail when the total number of fragments in
+	 * frag_list and frags exceeds MAX_MSG_FRAGS. For example, the
+	 * caller may aggregate multiple skbs.
 	 */
-	if (skb_linearize(skb))
-		return -EAGAIN;
 	num_sge = skb_to_sgvec(skb, msg->sg.data, off, len);
-	if (unlikely(num_sge < 0))
-		return num_sge;
+	if (num_sge < 0) {
+		/* skb linearize may fail with ENOMEM, but lets simply try again
+		 * later if this happens. Under memory pressure we don't want to
+		 * drop the skb. We need to linearize the skb so that the mapping
+		 * in skb_to_sgvec can not error.
+		 * Note that skb_linearize requires the skb not to be shared.
+		 */
+		if (skb_linearize(skb))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		num_sge = skb_to_sgvec(skb, msg->sg.data, off, len);
+		if (unlikely(num_sge < 0))
+			return num_sge;
+	}
 
 	copied = len;
 	msg->sg.start = 0;
 	msg->sg.size = copied;
 	msg->sg.end = num_sge;
-	msg->skb = skb;
+	msg->skb = take_ref ? skb_get(skb) : skb;
 
 	sk_psock_queue_msg(psock, msg);
 	sk_psock_data_ready(sk, psock);
@@ -552,7 +561,7 @@ static int sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb,
 }
 
 static int sk_psock_skb_ingress_self(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb,
-				     u32 off, u32 len);
+				     u32 off, u32 len, bool take_ref);
 
 static int sk_psock_skb_ingress(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				u32 off, u32 len)
@@ -566,7 +575,7 @@ static int sk_psock_skb_ingress(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * correctly.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(skb->sk == sk))
-		return sk_psock_skb_ingress_self(psock, skb, off, len);
+		return sk_psock_skb_ingress_self(psock, skb, off, len, true);
 	msg = sk_psock_create_ingress_msg(sk, skb);
 	if (!msg)
 		return -EAGAIN;
@@ -578,7 +587,7 @@ static int sk_psock_skb_ingress(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 * into user buffers.
 	 */
 	skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
-	err = sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(skb, off, len, psock, sk, msg);
+	err = sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(skb, off, len, psock, sk, msg, true);
 	if (err < 0)
 		kfree(msg);
 	return err;
@@ -589,7 +598,7 @@ static int sk_psock_skb_ingress(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb,
  * because the skb is already accounted for here.
  */
 static int sk_psock_skb_ingress_self(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb,
-				     u32 off, u32 len)
+				     u32 off, u32 len, bool take_ref)
 {
 	struct sk_msg *msg = kzalloc(sizeof(*msg), __GFP_NOWARN | GFP_ATOMIC);
 	struct sock *sk = psock->sk;
@@ -599,7 +608,7 @@ static int sk_psock_skb_ingress_self(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	sk_msg_init(msg);
 	skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
-	err = sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(skb, off, len, psock, sk, msg);
+	err = sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(skb, off, len, psock, sk, msg, take_ref);
 	if (err < 0)
 		kfree(msg);
 	return err;
@@ -608,18 +617,13 @@ static int sk_psock_skb_ingress_self(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb
 static int sk_psock_handle_skb(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			       u32 off, u32 len, bool ingress)
 {
-	int err = 0;
-
 	if (!ingress) {
 		if (!sock_writeable(psock->sk))
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		return skb_send_sock(psock->sk, skb, off, len);
 	}
-	skb_get(skb);
-	err = sk_psock_skb_ingress(psock, skb, off, len);
-	if (err < 0)
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-	return err;
+
+	return sk_psock_skb_ingress(psock, skb, off, len);
 }
 
 static void sk_psock_skb_state(struct sk_psock *psock,
@@ -1016,7 +1020,7 @@ static int sk_psock_verdict_apply(struct sk_psock *psock, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				off = stm->offset;
 				len = stm->full_len;
 			}
-			err = sk_psock_skb_ingress_self(psock, skb, off, len);
+			err = sk_psock_skb_ingress_self(psock, skb, off, len, false);
 		}
 		if (err < 0) {
 			spin_lock_bh(&psock->ingress_lock);