diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c
index 46e89c992c2d..e4ea942873d4 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.c
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
@@ -141,18 +141,13 @@ int tipc_buf_append(struct sk_buff **headbuf, struct sk_buff **buf)
 		if (unlikely(head))
 			goto err;
 		*buf = NULL;
+		if (skb_has_frag_list(frag) && __skb_linearize(frag))
+			goto err;
 		frag = skb_unshare(frag, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (unlikely(!frag))
 			goto err;
 		head = *headbuf = frag;
 		TIPC_SKB_CB(head)->tail = NULL;
-		if (skb_is_nonlinear(head)) {
-			skb_walk_frags(head, tail) {
-				TIPC_SKB_CB(head)->tail = tail;
-			}
-		} else {
-			skb_frag_list_init(head);
-		}
 		return 0;
 	}