diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index c71bd26631a28ccf3ecb1d90319b7b35f5e6f227..8296aa516c5a728ff3db1f61fe337b1f21e4a40b 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static void kauditd_send_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		audit_hold_skb(skb);
 	} else
 		/* drop the extra reference if sent ok */
-		kfree_skb(skb);
+		consume_skb(skb);
 }
 
 static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7aeaa83193db96ecb0fb64f5d06db97168a1f9e6..8648a9922aabace0231de8eec18b88e30239fd5f 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1076,14 +1076,15 @@ int netlink_broadcast_filtered(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
 	sk_for_each_bound(sk, node, &nl_table[ssk->sk_protocol].mc_list)
 		do_one_broadcast(sk, &info);
 
-	kfree_skb(skb);
+	consume_skb(skb);
 
 	netlink_unlock_table();
 
-	kfree_skb(info.skb2);
-
-	if (info.delivery_failure)
+	if (info.delivery_failure) {
+		kfree_skb(info.skb2);
 		return -ENOBUFS;
+	} else
+		consume_skb(info.skb2);
 
 	if (info.delivered) {
 		if (info.congested && (allocation & __GFP_WAIT))
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 75ba48b0d12a01de5146eba2fc0a78bf74232d98..4414a18c63b49601357789fb5d6df78326819ba7 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1906,7 +1906,7 @@ static int unix_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 				break;
 			}
 
-			kfree_skb(skb);
+			consume_skb(skb);
 
 			if (siocb->scm->fp)
 				break;