diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index c62e42d0c5310..c4a7517815815 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ struct sk_buff *__alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 
 		skb->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_ORIG;
 		refcount_set(&fclones->fclone_ref, 1);
-
-		fclones->skb2.fclone = SKB_FCLONE_CLONE;
 	}
 
 	return skb;
@@ -1513,6 +1511,7 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_clone(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	    refcount_read(&fclones->fclone_ref) == 1) {
 		n = &fclones->skb2;
 		refcount_set(&fclones->fclone_ref, 2);
+		n->fclone = SKB_FCLONE_CLONE;
 	} else {
 		if (skb_pfmemalloc(skb))
 			gfp_mask |= __GFP_MEMALLOC;