diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index af177fc11a2f..5f60d5566cd6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 218ad12f42e0b6207105cde8fd13017d1ed449e4
+refs/heads/master: 2d4baff8da06f424a6fca10e26434c4926a7c3df
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/skbuff.h b/trunk/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 91140fe8c119..bddd50bd6878 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_fclone(unsigned int size,
 	return __alloc_skb(size, priority, 1, -1);
 }
 
-extern void	       kfree_skbmem(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern struct sk_buff *skb_morph(struct sk_buff *dst, struct sk_buff *src);
 extern struct sk_buff *skb_clone(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 gfp_t priority);
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/skbuff.c b/trunk/net/core/skbuff.c
index 32d5826b7177..5b4ce9b4dd20 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -275,12 +275,11 @@ static void skb_release_data(struct sk_buff *skb)
 /*
  *	Free an skbuff by memory without cleaning the state.
  */
-void kfree_skbmem(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void kfree_skbmem(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *other;
 	atomic_t *fclone_ref;
 
-	skb_release_data(skb);
 	switch (skb->fclone) {
 	case SKB_FCLONE_UNAVAILABLE:
 		kmem_cache_free(skbuff_head_cache, skb);
@@ -307,16 +306,8 @@ void kfree_skbmem(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- *	__kfree_skb - private function
- *	@skb: buffer
- *
- *	Free an sk_buff. Release anything attached to the buffer.
- *	Clean the state. This is an internal helper function. Users should
- *	always call kfree_skb
- */
-
-void __kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+/* Free everything but the sk_buff shell. */
+static void skb_release_all(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	dst_release(skb->dst);
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
@@ -340,7 +331,21 @@ void __kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb->tc_verd = 0;
 #endif
 #endif
+	skb_release_data(skb);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	__kfree_skb - private function
+ *	@skb: buffer
+ *
+ *	Free an sk_buff. Release anything attached to the buffer.
+ *	Clean the state. This is an internal helper function. Users should
+ *	always call kfree_skb
+ */
 
+void __kfree_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	skb_release_all(skb);
 	kfree_skbmem(skb);
 }
 
@@ -441,7 +446,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *__skb_clone(struct sk_buff *n, struct sk_buff *skb)
  */
 struct sk_buff *skb_morph(struct sk_buff *dst, struct sk_buff *src)
 {
-	skb_release_data(dst);
+	skb_release_all(dst);
 	return __skb_clone(dst, src);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_morph);