diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
index 203415e02518..35b1fb73bd6b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe_ctlr.c
@@ -1453,6 +1453,9 @@ static void fcoe_ctlr_recv_clr_vlink(struct fcoe_ctlr *fip,
  */
 void fcoe_ctlr_recv(struct fcoe_ctlr *fip, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb)
+		return;
 	skb_queue_tail(&fip->fip_recv_list, skb);
 	schedule_work(&fip->recv_work);
 }