diff --git a/include/net/page_pool/helpers.h b/include/net/page_pool/helpers.h
index ead2c0d24b2c7..1d397c1a00431 100644
--- a/include/net/page_pool/helpers.h
+++ b/include/net/page_pool/helpers.h
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ static inline long page_pool_unref_page(struct page *page, long nr)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline void page_pool_ref_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	atomic_long_inc(&page->pp_ref_count);
+}
+
 static inline bool page_pool_is_last_ref(struct page *page)
 {
 	/* If page_pool_unref_page() returns 0, we were the last user */
diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c
index dd5a72533f2b9..4933762e5a6ba 100644
--- a/net/core/page_pool.c
+++ b/net/core/page_pool.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define DEFER_TIME (msecs_to_jiffies(1000))
 #define DEFER_WARN_INTERVAL (60 * HZ)
 
-#define BIAS_MAX	LONG_MAX
+#define BIAS_MAX	(LONG_MAX >> 1)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS
 /* alloc_stat_inc is intended to be used in softirq context */
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 83af8aaeb893b..4d4b11b0a83de 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -890,6 +890,11 @@ static void skb_clone_fraglist(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb_get(list);
 }
 
+static bool is_pp_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	return (page->pp_magic & ~0x3UL) == PP_SIGNATURE;
+}
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POOL)
 bool napi_pp_put_page(struct page *page, bool napi_safe)
 {
@@ -905,7 +910,7 @@ bool napi_pp_put_page(struct page *page, bool napi_safe)
 	 * and page_is_pfmemalloc() is checked in __page_pool_put_page()
 	 * to avoid recycling the pfmemalloc page.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely((page->pp_magic & ~0x3UL) != PP_SIGNATURE))
+	if (unlikely(!is_pp_page(page)))
 		return false;
 
 	pp = page->pp;
@@ -942,6 +947,37 @@ static bool skb_pp_recycle(struct sk_buff *skb, void *data, bool napi_safe)
 	return napi_pp_put_page(virt_to_page(data), napi_safe);
 }
 
+/**
+ * skb_pp_frag_ref() - Increase fragment references of a page pool aware skb
+ * @skb:	page pool aware skb
+ *
+ * Increase the fragment reference count (pp_ref_count) of a skb. This is
+ * intended to gain fragment references only for page pool aware skbs,
+ * i.e. when skb->pp_recycle is true, and not for fragments in a
+ * non-pp-recycling skb. It has a fallback to increase references on normal
+ * pages, as page pool aware skbs may also have normal page fragments.
+ */
+static int skb_pp_frag_ref(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
+	struct page *head_page;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!skb->pp_recycle)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < shinfo->nr_frags; i++) {
+		head_page = compound_head(skb_frag_page(&shinfo->frags[i]));
+		if (likely(is_pp_page(head_page)))
+			page_pool_ref_page(head_page);
+		else
+			page_ref_inc(head_page);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void skb_kfree_head(void *head, unsigned int end_offset)
 {
 	if (end_offset == SKB_SMALL_HEAD_HEADROOM)
@@ -5765,17 +5801,12 @@ bool skb_try_coalesce(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from,
 		return false;
 
 	/* In general, avoid mixing page_pool and non-page_pool allocated
-	 * pages within the same SKB. Additionally avoid dealing with clones
-	 * with page_pool pages, in case the SKB is using page_pool fragment
-	 * references (page_pool_alloc_frag()). Since we only take full page
-	 * references for cloned SKBs at the moment that would result in
-	 * inconsistent reference counts.
-	 * In theory we could take full references if @from is cloned and
-	 * !@to->pp_recycle but its tricky (due to potential race with
-	 * the clone disappearing) and rare, so not worth dealing with.
+	 * pages within the same SKB. In theory we could take full
+	 * references if @from is cloned and !@to->pp_recycle but its
+	 * tricky (due to potential race with the clone disappearing) and
+	 * rare, so not worth dealing with.
 	 */
-	if (to->pp_recycle != from->pp_recycle ||
-	    (from->pp_recycle && skb_cloned(from)))
+	if (to->pp_recycle != from->pp_recycle)
 		return false;
 
 	if (len <= skb_tailroom(to)) {
@@ -5832,8 +5863,10 @@ bool skb_try_coalesce(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from,
 	/* if the skb is not cloned this does nothing
 	 * since we set nr_frags to 0.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < from_shinfo->nr_frags; i++)
-		__skb_frag_ref(&from_shinfo->frags[i]);
+	if (skb_pp_frag_ref(from)) {
+		for (i = 0; i < from_shinfo->nr_frags; i++)
+			__skb_frag_ref(&from_shinfo->frags[i]);
+	}
 
 	to->truesize += delta;
 	to->len += len;