diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index b483f39a7112073e17c6ce8edc2fa0b17c9b61e1..295b7c756ca6107aee29ee4c12e3eb2f486c9f7e 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1349,6 +1349,8 @@ struct task_struct {
 	 */
 	unsigned long timer_slack_ns;
 	unsigned long default_timer_slack_ns;
+
+	struct list_head	*scm_work_list;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/net/scm.h b/include/net/scm.h
index 06df126103cab8224d6cf7ae64c7f00e75f06e12..33e9986beb86dd95d6f3f962ca8a89281c874a9d 100644
--- a/include/net/scm.h
+++ b/include/net/scm.h
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 
 struct scm_fp_list
 {
-	int		count;
-	struct file	*fp[SCM_MAX_FD];
+	struct list_head	list;
+	int			count;
+	struct file		*fp[SCM_MAX_FD];
 };
 
 struct scm_cookie
diff --git a/net/core/scm.c b/net/core/scm.c
index 10f5c65f6a470cc914de500b43d63990e89db1b6..ab242cc1accaae7673b76784aa5838a76d9b10c4 100644
--- a/net/core/scm.c
+++ b/net/core/scm.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static int scm_fp_copy(struct cmsghdr *cmsg, struct scm_fp_list **fplp)
 		if (!fpl)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		*fplp = fpl;
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fpl->list);
 		fpl->count = 0;
 	}
 	fpp = &fpl->fp[fpl->count];
@@ -106,9 +107,25 @@ void __scm_destroy(struct scm_cookie *scm)
 
 	if (fpl) {
 		scm->fp = NULL;
-		for (i=fpl->count-1; i>=0; i--)
-			fput(fpl->fp[i]);
-		kfree(fpl);
+		if (current->scm_work_list) {
+			list_add_tail(&fpl->list, current->scm_work_list);
+		} else {
+			LIST_HEAD(work_list);
+
+			current->scm_work_list = &work_list;
+
+			list_add(&fpl->list, &work_list);
+			while (!list_empty(&work_list)) {
+				fpl = list_first_entry(&work_list, struct scm_fp_list, list);
+
+				list_del(&fpl->list);
+				for (i=fpl->count-1; i>=0; i--)
+					fput(fpl->fp[i]);
+				kfree(fpl);
+			}
+
+			current->scm_work_list = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -284,6 +301,7 @@ struct scm_fp_list *scm_fp_dup(struct scm_fp_list *fpl)
 
 	new_fpl = kmalloc(sizeof(*fpl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (new_fpl) {
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_fpl->list);
 		for (i=fpl->count-1; i>=0; i--)
 			get_file(fpl->fp[i]);
 		memcpy(new_fpl, fpl, sizeof(*fpl));