diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 215b5ea..77c7aae 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2392,6 +2392,24 @@
 	return buffer;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	skb_needs_linearize - check if we need to linearize a given skb
+ *			      depending on the given device features.
+ *	@skb: socket buffer to check
+ *	@features: net device features
+ *
+ *	Returns true if either:
+ *	1. skb has frag_list and the device doesn't support FRAGLIST, or
+ *	2. skb is fragmented and the device does not support SG.
+ */
+static inline bool skb_needs_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				       netdev_features_t features)
+{
+	return skb_is_nonlinear(skb) &&
+	       ((skb_has_frag_list(skb) && !(features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST)) ||
+		(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags && !(features & NETIF_F_SG)));
+}
+
 static inline void skb_copy_from_linear_data(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 					     void *to,
 					     const unsigned int len)