diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 6aebfceca3ebd348bd102c7775fb87a59ec54608..bcdd6606f46876c16a9dd64ab41639b77c12740e 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1757,6 +1757,8 @@ extern int	       skb_copy_datagram_const_iovec(const struct sk_buff *from,
 						     int to_offset,
 						     int size);
 extern void	       skb_free_datagram(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
+extern void	       skb_free_datagram_locked(struct sock *sk,
+						struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern int	       skb_kill_datagram(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 unsigned int flags);
 extern __wsum	       skb_checksum(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index 1c6cf3a1a4f6abc3c605e492c4381d40103d3094..4ade3011bb3c2bd4d270cfb10cdcf5e112402ce9 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -224,6 +224,15 @@ void skb_free_datagram(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	consume_skb(skb);
 	sk_mem_reclaim_partial(sk);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_free_datagram);
+
+void skb_free_datagram_locked(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
+	release_sock(sk);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_free_datagram_locked);
 
 /**
  *	skb_kill_datagram - Free a datagram skbuff forcibly
@@ -752,5 +761,4 @@ unsigned int datagram_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(datagram_poll);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_copy_datagram_iovec);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_free_datagram);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_recv_datagram);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index d0d436d6216c910eafb36742f3f50e85bac7e8a7..0fa9f70e4b1996f6af891f2984c1344675d62e2d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -999,9 +999,7 @@ int udp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 		err = ulen;
 
 out_free:
-	lock_sock(sk);
-	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
-	release_sock(sk);
+	skb_free_datagram_locked(sk, skb);
 out:
 	return err;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index 3a60f12b34ed053da8cf4261952d6d35ff879f28..cf538ed5ef6aadf849d42cdc4e046f00a0f8f51a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -288,9 +288,7 @@ int udpv6_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 		err = ulen;
 
 out_free:
-	lock_sock(sk);
-	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
-	release_sock(sk);
+	skb_free_datagram_locked(sk, skb);
 out:
 	return err;
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index ccc5e83cae5d25cf592237025167d6d1b9d9c7bd..1c246a4f491e9ee5126a8bace259b32a91955421 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void svc_release_skb(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt = NULL;
 
 		dprintk("svc: service %p, releasing skb %p\n", rqstp, skb);
-		skb_free_datagram(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
+		skb_free_datagram_locked(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static int svc_udp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 				"svc: received unknown control message %d/%d; "
 				"dropping RPC reply datagram\n",
 					cmh->cmsg_level, cmh->cmsg_type);
-		skb_free_datagram(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
+		skb_free_datagram_locked(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -588,18 +588,18 @@ static int svc_udp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		if (csum_partial_copy_to_xdr(&rqstp->rq_arg, skb)) {
 			local_bh_enable();
 			/* checksum error */
-			skb_free_datagram(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
+			skb_free_datagram_locked(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		local_bh_enable();
-		skb_free_datagram(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
+		skb_free_datagram_locked(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
 	} else {
 		/* we can use it in-place */
 		rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_base = skb->data +
 			sizeof(struct udphdr);
 		rqstp->rq_arg.head[0].iov_len = len;
 		if (skb_checksum_complete(skb)) {
-			skb_free_datagram(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
+			skb_free_datagram_locked(svsk->sk_sk, skb);
 			return 0;
 		}
 		rqstp->rq_xprt_ctxt = skb;