diff --git a/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c b/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
index 052c313b12dbf970c8d5bc5db53c11d5dca834d4..098eca568c2bb7dfef746e81bc3568a5da36256e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ static void return_mem_sg(struct sock *sk, int bytes, struct sk_msg_buff *md)
 	} while (i != md->sg_end);
 }
 
-static void free_bytes_sg(struct sock *sk, int bytes, struct sk_msg_buff *md)
+static void free_bytes_sg(struct sock *sk, int bytes,
+			  struct sk_msg_buff *md, bool charge)
 {
 	struct scatterlist *sg = md->sg_data;
 	int i = md->sg_start, free;
@@ -403,11 +404,13 @@ static void free_bytes_sg(struct sock *sk, int bytes, struct sk_msg_buff *md)
 		if (bytes < free) {
 			sg[i].length -= bytes;
 			sg[i].offset += bytes;
-			sk_mem_uncharge(sk, bytes);
+			if (charge)
+				sk_mem_uncharge(sk, bytes);
 			break;
 		}
 
-		sk_mem_uncharge(sk, sg[i].length);
+		if (charge)
+			sk_mem_uncharge(sk, sg[i].length);
 		put_page(sg_page(&sg[i]));
 		bytes -= sg[i].length;
 		sg[i].length = 0;
@@ -418,6 +421,7 @@ static void free_bytes_sg(struct sock *sk, int bytes, struct sk_msg_buff *md)
 		if (i == MAX_SKB_FRAGS)
 			i = 0;
 	}
+	md->sg_start = i;
 }
 
 static int free_sg(struct sock *sk, int start, struct sk_msg_buff *md)
@@ -576,10 +580,10 @@ static int bpf_tcp_sendmsg_do_redirect(struct sock *sk, int send,
 				       struct sk_msg_buff *md,
 				       int flags)
 {
+	bool ingress = !!(md->flags & BPF_F_INGRESS);
 	struct smap_psock *psock;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
-	int i, err, free = 0;
-	bool ingress = !!(md->flags & BPF_F_INGRESS);
+	int err = 0;
 
 	sg = md->sg_data;
 
@@ -607,16 +611,8 @@ static int bpf_tcp_sendmsg_do_redirect(struct sock *sk, int send,
 out_rcu:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 out:
-	i = md->sg_start;
-	while (sg[i].length) {
-		free += sg[i].length;
-		put_page(sg_page(&sg[i]));
-		sg[i].length = 0;
-		i++;
-		if (i == MAX_SKB_FRAGS)
-			i = 0;
-	}
-	return free;
+	free_bytes_sg(NULL, send, md, false);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static inline void bpf_md_init(struct smap_psock *psock)
@@ -720,7 +716,7 @@ static int bpf_exec_tx_verdict(struct smap_psock *psock,
 		break;
 	case __SK_DROP:
 	default:
-		free_bytes_sg(sk, send, m);
+		free_bytes_sg(sk, send, m, true);
 		apply_bytes_dec(psock, send);
 		*copied -= send;
 		psock->sg_size -= send;