diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 04d31c2fbef1ede543bbc4942873722f66a9b524..78141fa46cf8b0b5e4a3425a2d37620617fb35b2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -372,14 +372,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
 	struct sock *sk = dev_net(dev)->ipv6.ndisc_sk;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	int err;
 
-	skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk,
-				  hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + len + tlen,
-				  1, &err);
+	skb = alloc_skb(hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + len + tlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb) {
-		ND_PRINTK(0, err, "ndisc: %s failed to allocate an skb, err=%d\n",
-			  __func__, err);
+		ND_PRINTK(0, err, "ndisc: %s failed to allocate an skb\n",
+			  __func__);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -389,6 +386,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	skb_reserve(skb, hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 
+	/* Manually assign socket ownership as we avoid calling
+	 * sock_alloc_send_pskb() to bypass wmem buffer limits
+	 */
+	skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk);
+
 	return skb;
 }