diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 8c9189a41b136c..16f9159234a201 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ static int __ip_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 		uarg = sock_zerocopy_realloc(sk, length, skb_zcopy(skb));
 		if (!uarg)
 			return -ENOBUFS;
-		extra_uref = !skb;	/* only extra ref if !MSG_MORE */
+		extra_uref = !skb_zcopy(skb);	/* only ref on new uarg */
 		if (rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_SG &&
 		    csummode == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 			paged = true;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 934c88f128abbd..834475717110ec 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ static int __ip6_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 		uarg = sock_zerocopy_realloc(sk, length, skb_zcopy(skb));
 		if (!uarg)
 			return -ENOBUFS;
-		extra_uref = !skb;	/* only extra ref if !MSG_MORE */
+		extra_uref = !skb_zcopy(skb);	/* only ref on new uarg */
 		if (rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_SG &&
 		    csummode == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 			paged = true;