diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 988fc49667b13ef16f8d059811bc90af78b1d149..37f539129d8964f92595bc3c2a06ca3eebda5ad7 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2566,5 +2566,19 @@ static inline bool skb_is_recycleable(const struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size)
 
 	return true;
 }
+
+/**
+ * skb_head_is_locked - Determine if the skb->head is locked down
+ * @skb: skb to check
+ *
+ * The head on skbs build around a head frag can be removed if they are
+ * not cloned.  This function returns true if the skb head is locked down
+ * due to either being allocated via kmalloc, or by being a clone with
+ * multiple references to the head.
+ */
+static inline bool skb_head_is_locked(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return !skb->head_frag || skb_cloned(skb);
+}
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SKBUFF_H */
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index e1f8bbaadf525e45cf601d8bc8cd94d2c7f90c8d..c199aa428c6dbfc7861876e8a171e470f11458bf 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1699,7 +1699,6 @@ static bool __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 			      struct splice_pipe_desc *spd, struct sock *sk)
 {
 	int seg;
-	bool head_is_locked = !skb->head_frag || skb_cloned(skb);
 
 	/* map the linear part :
 	 * If skb->head_frag is set, this 'linear' part is backed by a
@@ -1710,7 +1709,7 @@ static bool __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 			     (unsigned long) skb->data & (PAGE_SIZE - 1),
 			     skb_headlen(skb),
 			     offset, len, skb, spd,
-			     head_is_locked,
+			     skb_head_is_locked(skb),
 			     sk, pipe))
 		return true;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 84e69e02fe20e7bee1ab83925882ac5c9ed437a1..7b2d351f24dbc2c5817bbcc5b20de146b275f3f9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4568,7 +4568,7 @@ static bool tcp_try_coalesce(struct sock *sk,
 		    skb_shinfo(from)->nr_frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS)
 			return false;
 
-		if (!from->head_frag || skb_cloned(from))
+		if (skb_head_is_locked(from))
 			return false;
 
 		delta = from->truesize - SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct sk_buff));