diff --git a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/send.c b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/send.c
index b39c67b3562079e7dc3ea85e438767d47e73cf24..8dd9dd4af47b4198b4a5f8488e9aaf998f81fe6d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/send.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/send.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static void send_outstanding_bcast_packet(struct work_struct *work)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(batman_if, &if_list, list) {
 		/* send a copy of the saved skb */
-		skb1 = skb_copy(forw_packet->skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		skb1 = skb_clone(forw_packet->skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (skb1)
 			send_skb_packet(skb1,
 				batman_if, broadcast_addr);