diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 3b57c6712495e..2ff757f2d3a3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ struct sk_buff;
 #else
 #define MAX_SKB_FRAGS (65536/PAGE_SIZE + 1)
 #endif
+extern int sysctl_max_skb_frags;
 
 typedef struct skb_frag_struct skb_frag_t;
 
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index b2921c0d5608f..97549212e9e3f 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 
 struct kmem_cache *skbuff_head_cache __read_mostly;
 static struct kmem_cache *skbuff_fclone_cache __read_mostly;
+int sysctl_max_skb_frags __read_mostly = MAX_SKB_FRAGS;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_max_skb_frags);
 
 /**
  *	skb_panic - private function for out-of-line support
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index e731c96eac4b4..cd386d2fd0399 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static int one = 1;
 static int ushort_max = USHRT_MAX;
 static int min_sndbuf = SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF;
 static int min_rcvbuf = SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF;
+static int max_skb_frags = MAX_SKB_FRAGS;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RPS
 static int rps_sock_flow_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
@@ -363,6 +364,15 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "max_skb_frags",
+		.data		= &sysctl_max_skb_frags,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &one,
+		.extra2		= &max_skb_frags,
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 32b25cc96fff3..a21c472897659 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ static ssize_t do_tcp_sendpages(struct sock *sk, struct page *page, int offset,
 
 		i = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 		can_coalesce = skb_can_coalesce(skb, i, page, offset);
-		if (!can_coalesce && i >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
+		if (!can_coalesce && i >= sysctl_max_skb_frags) {
 			tcp_mark_push(tp, skb);
 			goto new_segment;
 		}
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ int tcp_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 				if (!skb_can_coalesce(skb, i, pfrag->page,
 						      pfrag->offset)) {
-					if (i == MAX_SKB_FRAGS || !sg) {
+					if (i == sysctl_max_skb_frags || !sg) {
 						tcp_mark_push(tp, skb);
 						goto new_segment;
 					}