diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 1aa8437ed6c44..e6af42da28d95 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static void neigh_probe(struct neighbour *neigh)
 	struct sk_buff *skb = skb_peek_tail(&neigh->arp_queue);
 	/* keep skb alive even if arp_queue overflows */
 	if (skb)
-		skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	write_unlock(&neigh->lock);
 	neigh->ops->solicit(neigh, skb);
 	atomic_inc(&neigh->probes);