diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index fe2c58e..830f58f 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1169,18 +1169,34 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int __skb_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return __pskb_pull_tail(skb, skb->data_len) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
 /**
  *	skb_linearize - convert paged skb to linear one
  *	@skb: buffer to linarize
- *	@gfp: allocation mode
  *
  *	If there is no free memory -ENOMEM is returned, otherwise zero
  *	is returned and the old skb data released.
  */
-extern int __skb_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp);
-static inline int skb_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp)
+static inline int skb_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	return __skb_linearize(skb, gfp);
+	return skb_is_nonlinear(skb) ? __skb_linearize(skb) : 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ *	skb_linearize_cow - make sure skb is linear and writable
+ *	@skb: buffer to process
+ *
+ *	If there is no free memory -ENOMEM is returned, otherwise zero
+ *	is returned and the old skb data released.
+ */
+static inline int skb_linearize_cow(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	return skb_is_nonlinear(skb) || skb_cloned(skb) ?
+	       __skb_linearize(skb) : 0;
 }
 
 /**