diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c
index 922d262e153f..ee4b2261e795 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.c
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ int tipc_buf_append(struct sk_buff **headbuf, struct sk_buff **buf)
 	if (fragid == FIRST_FRAGMENT) {
 		if (unlikely(head))
 			goto err;
-		if (unlikely(skb_unclone(frag, GFP_ATOMIC)))
+		frag = skb_unshare(frag, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (unlikely(!frag))
 			goto err;
 		head = *headbuf = frag;
 		*buf = NULL;