diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtksdio.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtksdio.c
index 4e1012e90979..8052e24d503b 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtksdio.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtksdio.c
@@ -274,13 +274,12 @@ static int btmtksdio_tx_packet(struct btmtksdio_dev *bdev,
 	struct mtkbtsdio_hdr *sdio_hdr;
 	int err;
 
-	/* Make sure that there are enough rooms for SDIO header */
-	if (unlikely(skb_headroom(skb) < sizeof(*sdio_hdr))) {
-		err = pskb_expand_head(skb, sizeof(*sdio_hdr), 0,
-				       GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (err < 0)
-			return err;
-	}
+	/* Make sure that the data buffer is not shared with anyone else and
+	 * that there is enough room for the SDIO header
+	 */
+	err = skb_cow_head(skb, sizeof(*sdio_hdr));
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 
 	/* Prepend MediaTek SDIO Specific Header */
 	skb_push(skb, sizeof(*sdio_hdr));