diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 24f26e816184e..17caf4ea67da9 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -4423,21 +4423,20 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 	struct sk_buff *segs = NULL;
 	struct sk_buff *tail = NULL;
 	struct sk_buff *list_skb = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->frag_list;
-	skb_frag_t *frag = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->frags;
 	unsigned int mss = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->gso_size;
 	unsigned int doffset = head_skb->data - skb_mac_header(head_skb);
-	struct sk_buff *frag_skb = head_skb;
 	unsigned int offset = doffset;
 	unsigned int tnl_hlen = skb_tnl_header_len(head_skb);
 	unsigned int partial_segs = 0;
 	unsigned int headroom;
 	unsigned int len = head_skb->len;
+	struct sk_buff *frag_skb;
+	skb_frag_t *frag;
 	__be16 proto;
 	bool csum, sg;
-	int nfrags = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->nr_frags;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	int i = 0;
-	int pos;
+	int nfrags, pos;
 
 	if ((skb_shinfo(head_skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY) &&
 	    mss != GSO_BY_FRAGS && mss != skb_headlen(head_skb)) {
@@ -4514,6 +4513,13 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 	headroom = skb_headroom(head_skb);
 	pos = skb_headlen(head_skb);
 
+	if (skb_orphan_frags(head_skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	nfrags = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->nr_frags;
+	frag = skb_shinfo(head_skb)->frags;
+	frag_skb = head_skb;
+
 	do {
 		struct sk_buff *nskb;
 		skb_frag_t *nskb_frag;
@@ -4534,6 +4540,10 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 		    (skb_headlen(list_skb) == len || sg)) {
 			BUG_ON(skb_headlen(list_skb) > len);
 
+			nskb = skb_clone(list_skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+			if (unlikely(!nskb))
+				goto err;
+
 			i = 0;
 			nfrags = skb_shinfo(list_skb)->nr_frags;
 			frag = skb_shinfo(list_skb)->frags;
@@ -4552,12 +4562,8 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 				frag++;
 			}
 
-			nskb = skb_clone(list_skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			list_skb = list_skb->next;
 
-			if (unlikely(!nskb))
-				goto err;
-
 			if (unlikely(pskb_trim(nskb, len))) {
 				kfree_skb(nskb);
 				goto err;
@@ -4633,12 +4639,16 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 		skb_shinfo(nskb)->flags |= skb_shinfo(head_skb)->flags &
 					   SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG;
 
-		if (skb_orphan_frags(frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC) ||
-		    skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
+		if (skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
 			goto err;
 
 		while (pos < offset + len) {
 			if (i >= nfrags) {
+				if (skb_orphan_frags(list_skb, GFP_ATOMIC) ||
+				    skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, list_skb,
+						       GFP_ATOMIC))
+					goto err;
+
 				i = 0;
 				nfrags = skb_shinfo(list_skb)->nr_frags;
 				frag = skb_shinfo(list_skb)->frags;
@@ -4652,10 +4662,6 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_segment(struct sk_buff *head_skb,
 					i--;
 					frag--;
 				}
-				if (skb_orphan_frags(frag_skb, GFP_ATOMIC) ||
-				    skb_zerocopy_clone(nskb, frag_skb,
-						       GFP_ATOMIC))
-					goto err;
 
 				list_skb = list_skb->next;
 			}