diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index f1bfa37..8eaa624 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@
  *	Drop a reference to the header part of the buffer.  This is done
  *	by acquiring a payload reference.  You must not read from the header
  *	part of skb->data after this.
+ *	Note : Check if you can use __skb_header_release() instead.
  */
 static inline void skb_header_release(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -1092,6 +1093,20 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ *	__skb_header_release - release reference to header
+ *	@skb: buffer to operate on
+ *
+ *	Variant of skb_header_release() assuming skb is private to caller.
+ *	We can avoid one atomic operation.
+ */
+static inline void __skb_header_release(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	skb->nohdr = 1;
+	atomic_set(&skb_shinfo(skb)->dataref, 1 + (1 << SKB_DATAREF_SHIFT));
+}
+
+
+/**
  *	skb_shared - is the buffer shared
  *	@skb: buffer to check
  *