diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
index e2730319bd433f7aa8d92e5c09ad88f477575e69..69545dd6c9380af7504dca623eafd59448f5930b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
@@ -1288,31 +1288,24 @@ static bool hns3_skb_need_linearized(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *bd_size,
 
 static int hns3_nic_maybe_stop_tx(struct hns3_enet_ring *ring,
 				  struct net_device *netdev,
-				  struct sk_buff **out_skb)
+				  struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct hns3_nic_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	unsigned int bd_size[HNS3_MAX_TSO_BD_NUM + 1U];
-	struct sk_buff *skb = *out_skb;
 	unsigned int bd_num;
 
 	bd_num = hns3_tx_bd_num(skb, bd_size);
 	if (unlikely(bd_num > HNS3_MAX_NON_TSO_BD_NUM)) {
-		struct sk_buff *new_skb;
-
 		if (bd_num <= HNS3_MAX_TSO_BD_NUM && skb_is_gso(skb) &&
 		    !hns3_skb_need_linearized(skb, bd_size, bd_num))
 			goto out;
 
-		/* manual split the send packet */
-		new_skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!new_skb)
+		if (__skb_linearize(skb))
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
-		*out_skb = new_skb;
 
-		bd_num = hns3_tx_bd_count(new_skb->len);
-		if ((skb_is_gso(new_skb) && bd_num > HNS3_MAX_TSO_BD_NUM) ||
-		    (!skb_is_gso(new_skb) &&
+		bd_num = hns3_tx_bd_count(skb->len);
+		if ((skb_is_gso(skb) && bd_num > HNS3_MAX_TSO_BD_NUM) ||
+		    (!skb_is_gso(skb) &&
 		     bd_num > HNS3_MAX_NON_TSO_BD_NUM))
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1415,7 +1408,7 @@ netdev_tx_t hns3_nic_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	/* Prefetch the data used later */
 	prefetch(skb->data);
 
-	ret = hns3_nic_maybe_stop_tx(ring, netdev, &skb);
+	ret = hns3_nic_maybe_stop_tx(ring, netdev, skb);
 	if (unlikely(ret <= 0)) {
 		if (ret == -EBUSY) {
 			u64_stats_update_begin(&ring->syncp);