diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index a3cb0be4c6f3..08f574081315 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1177,12 +1177,12 @@ int skb_copy_ubufs(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	int i, new_frags;
 	u32 d_off;
 
-	if (!num_frags)
-		goto release;
-
 	if (skb_shared(skb) || skb_unclone(skb, gfp_mask))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!num_frags)
+		goto release;
+
 	new_frags = (__skb_pagelen(skb) + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	for (i = 0; i < new_frags; i++) {
 		page = alloc_page(gfp_mask);