diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 304602784c3b78249c73609e8aad9cbc55e70e66..c4d2c1f824bb217d25091a66e23c568c60053fb2 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -817,10 +817,9 @@ void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (likely(atomic_read(&skb->users) == 1))
-		smp_rmb();
-	else if (likely(!atomic_dec_and_test(&skb->users)))
+	if (!skb_unref(skb))
 		return;
+
 	/* if reaching here SKB is ready to free */
 	trace_consume_skb(skb);