diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index b56c0103fa15..6ec86f1a2ed9 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2407,6 +2407,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *napi_alloc_skb(struct napi_struct *napi,
 void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget);
 
 void __kfree_skb_flush(void);
+void __kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /**
  * __dev_alloc_pages - allocate page for network Rx
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9b2c7a999e71..3f4071a84a03 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3829,8 +3829,14 @@ static void net_tx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 				trace_consume_skb(skb);
 			else
 				trace_kfree_skb(skb, net_tx_action);
-			__kfree_skb(skb);
+
+			if (skb->fclone != SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE)
+				__kfree_skb(skb);
+			else
+				__kfree_skb_defer(skb);
 		}
+
+		__kfree_skb_flush();
 	}
 
 	if (sd->output_queue) {
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index b64187b87773..a5bd067ec1a3 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ void __kfree_skb_flush(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static void __kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline void _kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct napi_alloc_cache *nc = this_cpu_ptr(&napi_alloc_cache);
 
@@ -789,6 +789,10 @@ static void __kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		nc->skb_count = 0;
 	}
 }
+void __kfree_skb_defer(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	_kfree_skb_defer(skb);
+}
 
 void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget)
 {
@@ -814,7 +818,7 @@ void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	__kfree_skb_defer(skb);
+	_kfree_skb_defer(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_consume_skb);