diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index d472db4776c3bd72fcf396287ad7edf873affffb..ee6cd2541d35765642bcc10cb72ff52f5f2d97b7 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *sock_alloc_send_pskb(struct sock *sk,
 			goto failure;
 
 		if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) < sk->sk_sndbuf) {
-			skb = alloc_skb(header_len, sk->sk_allocation);
+			skb = alloc_skb(header_len, gfp_mask);
 			if (skb) {
 				int npages;
 				int i;