diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 3f741b04e55d..2a57a365c711 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3938,16 +3938,6 @@ static inline void skb_ext_put(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		__skb_ext_put(skb->extensions);
 }
 
-static inline void skb_ext_get(struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	if (skb->active_extensions) {
-		struct skb_ext *ext = skb->extensions;
-
-		if (ext)
-			refcount_inc(&ext->refcnt);
-	}
-}
-
 static inline void __skb_ext_copy(struct sk_buff *dst,
 				  const struct sk_buff *src)
 {
@@ -3995,7 +3985,6 @@ static inline void *skb_ext_find(const struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_ext_id id)
 }
 #else
 static inline void skb_ext_put(struct sk_buff *skb) {}
-static inline void skb_ext_get(struct sk_buff *skb) {}
 static inline void skb_ext_del(struct sk_buff *skb, int unused) {}
 static inline void __skb_ext_copy(struct sk_buff *d, const struct sk_buff *s) {}
 static inline void skb_ext_copy(struct sk_buff *dst, const struct sk_buff *s) {}
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index cb0bf4215745..37317ffec146 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5666,13 +5666,10 @@ void *skb_ext_add(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_ext_id id)
 		if (!new)
 			return NULL;
 
-		if (__skb_ext_exist(old, id)) {
-			if (old != new)
-				skb->extensions = new;
+		if (__skb_ext_exist(new, id))
 			goto set_active;
-		}
 
-		newoff = old->chunks;
+		newoff = new->chunks;
 	} else {
 		newoff = SKB_EXT_CHUNKSIZEOF(*new);
 
@@ -5684,8 +5681,8 @@ void *skb_ext_add(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_ext_id id)
 	newlen = newoff + skb_ext_type_len[id];
 	new->chunks = newlen;
 	new->offset[id] = newoff;
-	skb->extensions = new;
 set_active:
+	skb->extensions = new;
 	skb->active_extensions |= 1 << id;
 	return skb_ext_get_ptr(new, id);
 }