diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index ef74ad5fd362..fa8cb4b7b8fe 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1296,22 +1296,6 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	return fuse_dev_do_read(fc, file, &cs, iov_length(iov, nr_segs));
 }
 
-static int fuse_dev_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-				   struct pipe_buffer *buf)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static const struct pipe_buf_operations fuse_dev_pipe_buf_ops = {
-	.can_merge = 0,
-	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,
-	.unmap = generic_pipe_buf_unmap,
-	.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
-	.release = generic_pipe_buf_release,
-	.steal = fuse_dev_pipe_buf_steal,
-	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
-};
-
 static ssize_t fuse_dev_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 				    struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 				    size_t len, unsigned int flags)
@@ -1358,7 +1342,11 @@ static ssize_t fuse_dev_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 		buf->page = bufs[page_nr].page;
 		buf->offset = bufs[page_nr].offset;
 		buf->len = bufs[page_nr].len;
-		buf->ops = &fuse_dev_pipe_buf_ops;
+		/*
+		 * Need to be careful about this.  Having buf->ops in module
+		 * code can Oops if the buffer persists after module unload.
+		 */
+		buf->ops = &nosteal_pipe_buf_ops;
 
 		pipe->nrbufs++;
 		page_nr++;
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 46a08f772d7d..12028fa41def 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -555,6 +555,24 @@ static const struct pipe_buf_operations default_pipe_buf_ops = {
 	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
 };
 
+static int generic_pipe_buf_nosteal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
+				    struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* Pipe buffer operations for a socket and similar. */
+const struct pipe_buf_operations nosteal_pipe_buf_ops = {
+	.can_merge = 0,
+	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,
+	.unmap = generic_pipe_buf_unmap,
+	.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
+	.release = generic_pipe_buf_release,
+	.steal = generic_pipe_buf_nosteal,
+	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nosteal_pipe_buf_ops);
+
 static ssize_t kernel_readv(struct file *file, const struct iovec *vec,
 			    unsigned long vlen, loff_t offset)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index b8809fef61f5..ab5752692113 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ int generic_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 int generic_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 
+extern const struct pipe_buf_operations nosteal_pipe_buf_ops;
+
 /* for F_SETPIPE_SZ and F_GETPIPE_SZ */
 long pipe_fcntl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long arg);
 struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 06e72d3cdf60..0b5149c5bc4a 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -74,36 +74,6 @@
 struct kmem_cache *skbuff_head_cache __read_mostly;
 static struct kmem_cache *skbuff_fclone_cache __read_mostly;
 
-static void sock_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-				  struct pipe_buffer *buf)
-{
-	put_page(buf->page);
-}
-
-static void sock_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-				struct pipe_buffer *buf)
-{
-	get_page(buf->page);
-}
-
-static int sock_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
-			       struct pipe_buffer *buf)
-{
-	return 1;
-}
-
-
-/* Pipe buffer operations for a socket. */
-static const struct pipe_buf_operations sock_pipe_buf_ops = {
-	.can_merge = 0,
-	.map = generic_pipe_buf_map,
-	.unmap = generic_pipe_buf_unmap,
-	.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
-	.release = sock_pipe_buf_release,
-	.steal = sock_pipe_buf_steal,
-	.get = sock_pipe_buf_get,
-};
-
 /**
  *	skb_panic - private function for out-of-line support
  *	@skb:	buffer
@@ -1830,7 +1800,7 @@ int skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int offset,
 		.partial = partial,
 		.nr_pages_max = MAX_SKB_FRAGS,
 		.flags = flags,
-		.ops = &sock_pipe_buf_ops,
+		.ops = &nosteal_pipe_buf_ops,
 		.spd_release = sock_spd_release,
 	};
 	struct sk_buff *frag_iter;