diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
index d581c4e623f8a..96d5616534963 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_cm.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *alloc_ctrl_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int len)
 {
 	if (likely(skb && !skb_shared(skb) && !skb_cloned(skb))) {
 		__skb_trim(skb, 0);
-		refcount_add(2, &skb->users);
+		refcount_inc(&skb->users);
 	} else {
 		skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	}