diff --git a/net/tipc/msg.c b/net/tipc/msg.c
index b078b77620f189d27a2ff9aab8e5badb85e2ed0d..0b8446cd541ce537de91175861c1ff0949bf6629 100644
--- a/net/tipc/msg.c
+++ b/net/tipc/msg.c
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ int tipc_buf_append(struct sk_buff **headbuf, struct sk_buff **buf)
 	if (fragid == FIRST_FRAGMENT) {
 		if (unlikely(head))
 			goto err;
-		frag = skb_unshare(frag, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (skb_cloned(frag))
+			frag = skb_copy(frag, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (unlikely(!frag))
 			goto err;
 		head = *headbuf = frag;