diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index eeddb9e737ff..7ac5f8aa1235 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1476,6 +1476,11 @@ void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget)
 
 	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!in_softirq());
 
+	if (skb->alloc_cpu != smp_processor_id() && !skb_shared(skb)) {
+		skb_release_head_state(skb);
+		return skb_attempt_defer_free(skb);
+	}
+
 	if (!skb_unref(skb))
 		return;