diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index d44a6989e76d6..da385ae997a3d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ int tcp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 			} else {
 				skb_fill_page_desc(skb, i, pfrag->page,
 						   pfrag->offset, copy);
-				get_page(pfrag->page);
+				page_ref_inc(pfrag->page);
 			}
 			pfrag->offset += copy;
 		}