diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 1e556d31211742d41acb39cbc2c1cd8460e2d3b0..366621610e76d5a91ae72522d38d0b60e3df45d9 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1292,12 +1292,14 @@ static int __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *offset,
 {
 	unsigned int nr_pages = spd->nr_pages;
 	unsigned int poff, plen, len, toff, tlen;
-	int headlen, seg;
+	int headlen, seg, error = 0;
 
 	toff = *offset;
 	tlen = *total_len;
-	if (!tlen)
+	if (!tlen) {
+		error = 1;
 		goto err;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * if the offset is greater than the linear part, go directly to
@@ -1339,7 +1341,8 @@ static int __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *offset,
 		 * just jump directly to update and return, no point
 		 * in going over fragments when the output is full.
 		 */
-		if (spd_fill_page(spd, virt_to_page(p), plen, poff, skb))
+		error = spd_fill_page(spd, virt_to_page(p), plen, poff, skb);
+		if (error)
 			goto done;
 
 		tlen -= plen;
@@ -1369,7 +1372,8 @@ static int __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *offset,
 		if (!plen)
 			break;
 
-		if (spd_fill_page(spd, f->page, plen, poff, skb))
+		error = spd_fill_page(spd, f->page, plen, poff, skb);
+		if (error)
 			break;
 
 		tlen -= plen;
@@ -1382,7 +1386,10 @@ static int __skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *offset,
 		return 0;
 	}
 err:
-	return 1;
+	/* update the offset to reflect the linear part skip, if any */
+	if (!error)
+		*offset = toff;
+	return error;
 }
 
 /*