diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 6fcbbbd12ceb..77ddf2de712f 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_fclone(unsigned int size,
 	return __alloc_skb(size, priority, 1, NUMA_NO_NODE);
 }
 
+extern void skb_recycle(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern bool skb_recycle_check(struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size);
 
 extern struct sk_buff *skb_morph(struct sk_buff *dst, struct sk_buff *src);
@@ -2484,5 +2485,25 @@ static inline void skb_checksum_none_assert(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 bool skb_partial_csum_set(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 start, u16 off);
 
+static inline bool skb_is_recycleable(struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size)
+{
+	if (irqs_disabled())
+		return false;
+
+	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY)
+		return false;
+
+	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb) || skb->fclone != SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE)
+		return false;
+
+	skb_size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(skb_size + NET_SKB_PAD);
+	if (skb_end_pointer(skb) - skb->head < skb_size)
+		return false;
+
+	if (skb_shared(skb) || skb_cloned(skb))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SKBUFF_H */
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index ce357d986251..e27104039a39 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -484,6 +484,30 @@ void consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(consume_skb);
 
+/**
+ * 	skb_recycle - clean up an skb for reuse
+ * 	@skb: buffer
+ *
+ * 	Recycles the skb to be reused as a receive buffer. This
+ * 	function does any necessary reference count dropping, and
+ * 	cleans up the skbuff as if it just came from __alloc_skb().
+ */
+void skb_recycle(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
+
+	skb_release_head_state(skb);
+
+	shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
+	memset(shinfo, 0, offsetof(struct skb_shared_info, dataref));
+	atomic_set(&shinfo->dataref, 1);
+
+	memset(skb, 0, offsetof(struct sk_buff, tail));
+	skb->data = skb->head + NET_SKB_PAD;
+	skb_reset_tail_pointer(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_recycle);
+
 /**
  *	skb_recycle_check - check if skb can be reused for receive
  *	@skb: buffer
@@ -498,33 +522,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(consume_skb);
  */
 bool skb_recycle_check(struct sk_buff *skb, int skb_size)
 {
-	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
-
-	if (irqs_disabled())
+	if (!skb_is_recycleable(skb, skb_size))
 		return false;
 
-	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY)
-		return false;
-
-	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb) || skb->fclone != SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE)
-		return false;
-
-	skb_size = SKB_DATA_ALIGN(skb_size + NET_SKB_PAD);
-	if (skb_end_pointer(skb) - skb->head < skb_size)
-		return false;
-
-	if (skb_shared(skb) || skb_cloned(skb))
-		return false;
-
-	skb_release_head_state(skb);
-
-	shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
-	memset(shinfo, 0, offsetof(struct skb_shared_info, dataref));
-	atomic_set(&shinfo->dataref, 1);
-
-	memset(skb, 0, offsetof(struct sk_buff, tail));
-	skb->data = skb->head + NET_SKB_PAD;
-	skb_reset_tail_pointer(skb);
+	skb_recycle(skb);
 
 	return true;
 }