diff --git a/net/lapb/lapb_out.c b/net/lapb/lapb_out.c
index 7a4d0715d1c32b842a7ba781da5f774d107ad92d..a966d29c772d9f09e73350718468e3e1a4331160 100644
--- a/net/lapb/lapb_out.c
+++ b/net/lapb/lapb_out.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ void lapb_kick(struct lapb_cb *lapb)
 		skb = skb_dequeue(&lapb->write_queue);
 
 		do {
-			if ((skbn = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
+			skbn = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+			if (!skbn) {
 				skb_queue_head(&lapb->write_queue, skb);
 				break;
 			}