diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 4d208c0f9c14..0680fa988497 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ static inline void sk_wmem_free_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_QUEUE_SHRUNK);
 	sk->sk_wmem_queued -= skb->truesize;
 	sk_mem_uncharge(sk, skb->truesize);
-	if (!sk->sk_tx_skb_cache) {
+	if (!sk->sk_tx_skb_cache && !skb_cloned(skb)) {
 		skb_zcopy_clear(skb, true);
 		sk->sk_tx_skb_cache = skb;
 		return;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 1fa15beb8380..53d61ca3ac4b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ struct sk_buff *sk_stream_alloc_skb(struct sock *sk, int size, gfp_t gfp,
 
 	if (likely(!size)) {
 		skb = sk->sk_tx_skb_cache;
-		if (skb && !skb_cloned(skb)) {
+		if (skb) {
 			skb->truesize = SKB_TRUESIZE(skb_end_offset(skb));
 			sk->sk_tx_skb_cache = NULL;
 			pskb_trim(skb, 0);