diff --git a/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h b/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
index 5820d7e41ea0..13b9d017f8e1 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/rxrpc.h
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@
 	E_(rxrpc_call_poke_timer_now,		"Timer-now")
 
 #define rxrpc_skb_traces \
-	EM(rxrpc_skb_eaten_by_unshare,		"ETN unshare  ") \
-	EM(rxrpc_skb_eaten_by_unshare_nomem,	"ETN unshar-nm") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_get_call_rx,		"GET call-rx  ") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_get_conn_secured,		"GET conn-secd") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_get_conn_work,		"GET conn-work") \
@@ -190,6 +188,7 @@
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_put_purge,			"PUT purge    ") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_put_purge_oob,		"PUT purge-oob") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_put_response,		"PUT response ") \
+	EM(rxrpc_skb_put_response_copy,		"PUT resp-cpy ") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_put_rotate,		"PUT rotate   ") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_put_unknown,		"PUT unknown  ") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_see_conn_work,		"SEE conn-work") \
@@ -198,6 +197,7 @@
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_see_recvmsg_oob,		"SEE recvm-oob") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_see_reject,		"SEE reject   ") \
 	EM(rxrpc_skb_see_rotate,		"SEE rotate   ") \
+	EM(rxrpc_skb_see_unshare_nomem,		"SEE unshar-nm") \
 	E_(rxrpc_skb_see_version,		"SEE version  ")
 
 #define rxrpc_local_traces \
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h b/net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h
index 96ecb83c9071..27c2aa2dd023 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-internal.h
@@ -1486,7 +1486,6 @@ int rxrpc_server_keyring(struct rxrpc_sock *, sockptr_t, int);
 void rxrpc_kernel_data_consumed(struct rxrpc_call *, struct sk_buff *);
 void rxrpc_new_skb(struct sk_buff *, enum rxrpc_skb_trace);
 void rxrpc_see_skb(struct sk_buff *, enum rxrpc_skb_trace);
-void rxrpc_eaten_skb(struct sk_buff *, enum rxrpc_skb_trace);
 void rxrpc_get_skb(struct sk_buff *, enum rxrpc_skb_trace);
 void rxrpc_free_skb(struct sk_buff *, enum rxrpc_skb_trace);
 void rxrpc_purge_queue(struct sk_buff_head *);
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
index fec59d9338b9..cc8f9dfa44e8 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
@@ -332,7 +332,24 @@ bool rxrpc_input_call_event(struct rxrpc_call *call)
 
 			saw_ack |= sp->hdr.type == RXRPC_PACKET_TYPE_ACK;
 
-			rxrpc_input_call_packet(call, skb);
+			if (sp->hdr.securityIndex != 0 &&
+			    skb_cloned(skb)) {
+				/* Unshare the packet so that it can be
+				 * modified by in-place decryption.
+				 */
+				struct sk_buff *nskb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+				if (nskb) {
+					rxrpc_new_skb(nskb, rxrpc_skb_new_unshared);
+					rxrpc_input_call_packet(call, nskb);
+					rxrpc_free_skb(nskb, rxrpc_skb_put_call_rx);
+				} else {
+					/* OOM - Drop the packet. */
+					rxrpc_see_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_see_unshare_nomem);
+				}
+			} else {
+				rxrpc_input_call_packet(call, skb);
+			}
 			rxrpc_free_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_put_call_rx);
 			did_receive = true;
 		}
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/io_thread.c b/net/rxrpc/io_thread.c
index 697956931925..dc5184a2fa9d 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/io_thread.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/io_thread.c
@@ -192,13 +192,12 @@ static bool rxrpc_extract_abort(struct sk_buff *skb)
 /*
  * Process packets received on the local endpoint
  */
-static bool rxrpc_input_packet(struct rxrpc_local *local, struct sk_buff **_skb)
+static bool rxrpc_input_packet(struct rxrpc_local *local, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct rxrpc_connection *conn;
 	struct sockaddr_rxrpc peer_srx;
 	struct rxrpc_skb_priv *sp;
 	struct rxrpc_peer *peer = NULL;
-	struct sk_buff *skb = *_skb;
 	bool ret = false;
 
 	skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct udphdr));
@@ -244,25 +243,6 @@ static bool rxrpc_input_packet(struct rxrpc_local *local, struct sk_buff **_skb)
 			return rxrpc_bad_message(skb, rxrpc_badmsg_zero_call);
 		if (sp->hdr.seq == 0)
 			return rxrpc_bad_message(skb, rxrpc_badmsg_zero_seq);
-
-		/* Unshare the packet so that it can be modified for in-place
-		 * decryption.
-		 */
-		if (sp->hdr.securityIndex != 0) {
-			skb = skb_unshare(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-			if (!skb) {
-				rxrpc_eaten_skb(*_skb, rxrpc_skb_eaten_by_unshare_nomem);
-				*_skb = NULL;
-				return just_discard;
-			}
-
-			if (skb != *_skb) {
-				rxrpc_eaten_skb(*_skb, rxrpc_skb_eaten_by_unshare);
-				*_skb = skb;
-				rxrpc_new_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_new_unshared);
-				sp = rxrpc_skb(skb);
-			}
-		}
 		break;
 
 	case RXRPC_PACKET_TYPE_CHALLENGE:
@@ -494,7 +474,7 @@ int rxrpc_io_thread(void *data)
 			switch (skb->mark) {
 			case RXRPC_SKB_MARK_PACKET:
 				skb->priority = 0;
-				if (!rxrpc_input_packet(local, &skb))
+				if (!rxrpc_input_packet(local, skb))
 					rxrpc_reject_packet(local, skb);
 				trace_rxrpc_rx_done(skb->mark, skb->priority);
 				rxrpc_free_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_put_input);
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/skbuff.c b/net/rxrpc/skbuff.c
index 3bcd6ee80396..e2169d1a14b5 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/skbuff.c
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ void rxrpc_get_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, enum rxrpc_skb_trace why)
 	skb_get(skb);
 }
 
-/*
- * Note the dropping of a ref on a socket buffer by the core.
- */
-void rxrpc_eaten_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, enum rxrpc_skb_trace why)
-{
-	int n = atomic_inc_return(&rxrpc_n_rx_skbs);
-	trace_rxrpc_skb(skb, 0, n, why);
-}
-
 /*
  * Note the destruction of a socket buffer.
  */