diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
index e049fd653669466a9d71cf462cc8a6ab91be090e..a035773a82e61dd63997cab0d36b9daab0d3a81e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ static void skb_put_frags(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int hdr_space,
 
 		if (length == 0) {
 			/* don't need this page */
-			__skb_frag_unref(frag);
+			__skb_frag_unref(frag, false);
 			--skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 		} else {
 			size = min(length, (unsigned) PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index 502d1b97855ca35057dae1e838962a8fff34dcf3..82f2ac16168b409324a6d543461cddd3239871d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int mlx4_en_complete_rx_desc(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 fail:
 	while (nr > 0) {
 		nr--;
-		__skb_frag_unref(skb_shinfo(skb)->frags + nr);
+		__skb_frag_unref(skb_shinfo(skb)->frags + nr, false);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 054cde38ebc88c258c71253546bb4e82a742475c..47ffc683015d29a793dc7de33e2036264a11685a 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3027,10 +3027,12 @@ static inline void skb_frag_ref(struct sk_buff *skb, int f)
 /**
  * __skb_frag_unref - release a reference on a paged fragment.
  * @frag: the paged fragment
+ * @recycle: recycle the page if allocated via page_pool
  *
- * Releases a reference on the paged fragment @frag.
+ * Releases a reference on the paged fragment @frag
+ * or recycles the page via the page_pool API.
  */
-static inline void __skb_frag_unref(skb_frag_t *frag)
+static inline void __skb_frag_unref(skb_frag_t *frag, bool recycle)
 {
 	put_page(skb_frag_page(frag));
 }
@@ -3044,7 +3046,7 @@ static inline void __skb_frag_unref(skb_frag_t *frag)
  */
 static inline void skb_frag_unref(struct sk_buff *skb, int f)
 {
-	__skb_frag_unref(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[f]);
+	__skb_frag_unref(&skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[f], false);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 91661352dca89e0af08f360cf2970b90739cc196..9580a6603d6f019eb57c2e6c39db11a623f07413 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static void skb_release_data(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb_zcopy_clear(skb, true);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < shinfo->nr_frags; i++)
-		__skb_frag_unref(&shinfo->frags[i]);
+		__skb_frag_unref(&shinfo->frags[i], false);
 
 	if (shinfo->frag_list)
 		kfree_skb_list(shinfo->frag_list);
@@ -3419,7 +3419,7 @@ int skb_shift(struct sk_buff *tgt, struct sk_buff *skb, int shiftlen)
 		fragto = &skb_shinfo(tgt)->frags[merge];
 
 		skb_frag_size_add(fragto, skb_frag_size(fragfrom));
-		__skb_frag_unref(fragfrom);
+		__skb_frag_unref(fragfrom, false);
 	}
 
 	/* Reposition in the original skb */
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index f718c7346088fce24b117c5cadbf750a5f789b12..5a8f1c65ce80ae2446329b77bf7cf6487339cd40 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static void destroy_record(struct tls_record_info *record)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < record->num_frags; i++)
-		__skb_frag_unref(&record->frags[i]);
+		__skb_frag_unref(&record->frags[i], false);
 	kfree(record);
 }