diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 03db95a..35c4e85 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2508,8 +2508,8 @@ int skb_splice_bits(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int offset,
 		    unsigned int flags);
 void skb_copy_and_csum_dev(const struct sk_buff *skb, u8 *to);
 unsigned int skb_zerocopy_headlen(const struct sk_buff *from);
-void skb_zerocopy(struct sk_buff *to, const struct sk_buff *from,
-		  int len, int hlen);
+int skb_zerocopy(struct sk_buff *to, const struct sk_buff *from,
+		 int len, int hlen);
 void skb_split(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff *skb1, const u32 len);
 int skb_shift(struct sk_buff *tgt, struct sk_buff *skb, int shiftlen);
 void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, bool xnet);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 3f14c63..73f0291 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -2127,25 +2127,31 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_zerocopy_headlen);
  *
  *	The `hlen` as calculated by skb_zerocopy_headlen() specifies the
  *	headroom in the `to` buffer.
+ *
+ *	Return value:
+ *	0: everything is OK
+ *	-ENOMEM: couldn't orphan frags of from due to lack of memory
+ *	-EFAULT: skb_copy_bits() found some problem with geometry
  */
-void
+int
 skb_zerocopy(struct sk_buff *to, const struct sk_buff *from, int len, int hlen)
 {
 	int i, j = 0;
 	int plen = 0; /* length of skb->head fragment */
+	int ret;
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned int offset;
 
 	BUG_ON(!from->head_frag && !hlen);
 
 	/* dont bother with small payloads */
-	if (len <= skb_tailroom(to)) {
-		skb_copy_bits(from, 0, skb_put(to, len), len);
-		return;
-	}
+	if (len <= skb_tailroom(to))
+		return skb_copy_bits(from, 0, skb_put(to, len), len);
 
 	if (hlen) {
-		skb_copy_bits(from, 0, skb_put(to, hlen), hlen);
+		ret = skb_copy_bits(from, 0, skb_put(to, hlen), hlen);
+		if (unlikely(ret))
+			return ret;
 		len -= hlen;
 	} else {
 		plen = min_t(int, skb_headlen(from), len);
@@ -2163,6 +2169,11 @@ skb_zerocopy(struct sk_buff *to, const struct sk_buff *from, int len, int hlen)
 	to->len += len + plen;
 	to->data_len += len + plen;
 
+	if (unlikely(skb_orphan_frags(from, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
+		skb_tx_error(from);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(from)->nr_frags; i++) {
 		if (!len)
 			break;
@@ -2173,6 +2184,8 @@ skb_zerocopy(struct sk_buff *to, const struct sk_buff *from, int len, int hlen)
 		j++;
 	}
 	skb_shinfo(to)->nr_frags = j;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_zerocopy);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
index f072fe8..108120f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c
@@ -354,13 +354,16 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 
 	skb = nfnetlink_alloc_skb(net, size, queue->peer_portid,
 				  GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb)
+	if (!skb) {
+		skb_tx_error(entskb);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0,
 			NFNL_SUBSYS_QUEUE << 8 | NFQNL_MSG_PACKET,
 			sizeof(struct nfgenmsg), 0);
 	if (!nlh) {
+		skb_tx_error(entskb);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -488,13 +491,15 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct net *net, struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 		nla->nla_type = NFQA_PAYLOAD;
 		nla->nla_len = nla_attr_size(data_len);
 
-		skb_zerocopy(skb, entskb, data_len, hlen);
+		if (skb_zerocopy(skb, entskb, data_len, hlen))
+			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
 	nlh->nlmsg_len = skb->len;
 	return skb;
 
 nla_put_failure:
+	skb_tx_error(entskb);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	net_err_ratelimited("nf_queue: error creating packet message\n");
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index c53fe0c..63b5471 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -464,7 +464,9 @@ static int queue_userspace_packet(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 	nla->nla_len = nla_attr_size(skb->len);
 
-	skb_zerocopy(user_skb, skb, skb->len, hlen);
+	err = skb_zerocopy(user_skb, skb, skb->len, hlen);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
 	/* Pad OVS_PACKET_ATTR_PACKET if linear copy was performed */
 	if (!(dp->user_features & OVS_DP_F_UNALIGNED)) {
@@ -478,6 +480,7 @@ static int queue_userspace_packet(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	err = genlmsg_unicast(ovs_dp_get_net(dp), user_skb, upcall_info->portid);
 out:
+	skb_tx_error(skb);
 	kfree_skb(nskb);
 	return err;
 }
