diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
index 07720841a8d7..8e00a5856856 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
@@ -2501,7 +2501,7 @@ static void skb_put_frags(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int hdr_space,
 
 		if (length == 0) {
 			/* don't need this page */
-			__skb_frag_unref(frag, false);
+			__skb_frag_unref(frag, false, false);
 			--skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 		} else {
 			size = min(length, (unsigned) PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index eac49657bd07..4dbf29b46979 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int mlx4_en_complete_rx_desc(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 fail:
 	while (nr > 0) {
 		nr--;
-		__skb_frag_unref(skb_shinfo(skb)->frags + nr, false);
+		__skb_frag_unref(skb_shinfo(skb)->frags + nr, false, false);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 51316b0e20bc..9cd04c315592 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3479,17 +3479,6 @@ static inline struct page *skb_frag_page(const skb_frag_t *frag)
 
 bool napi_pp_get_page(struct page *page);
 
-static inline void napi_frag_ref(skb_frag_t *frag, bool recycle)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
-	struct page *page = skb_frag_page(frag);
-
-	if (recycle && napi_pp_get_page(page))
-		return;
-#endif
-	get_page(page);
-}
-
 /**
  * __skb_frag_ref - take an addition reference on a paged fragment.
  * @frag: the paged fragment
@@ -3501,7 +3490,13 @@ static inline void napi_frag_ref(skb_frag_t *frag, bool recycle)
  */
 static inline void __skb_frag_ref(skb_frag_t *frag, bool recycle)
 {
-	napi_frag_ref(frag, recycle);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
+	struct page *page = skb_frag_page(frag);
+
+	if (recycle && napi_pp_get_page(page))
+		return;
+#endif
+	get_page(page);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3522,29 +3517,25 @@ int skb_cow_data_for_xdp(struct page_pool *pool, struct sk_buff **pskb,
 			 struct bpf_prog *prog);
 bool napi_pp_put_page(struct page *page, bool napi_safe);
 
-static inline void
-napi_frag_unref(skb_frag_t *frag, bool recycle, bool napi_safe)
-{
-	struct page *page = skb_frag_page(frag);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
-	if (recycle && napi_pp_put_page(page, napi_safe))
-		return;
-#endif
-	put_page(page);
-}
-
 /**
  * __skb_frag_unref - release a reference on a paged fragment.
  * @frag: the paged fragment
  * @recycle: recycle the page if allocated via page_pool
+ * @napi_safe: set to true if running in the same napi context as where the
+ * consumer would run.
  *
  * Releases a reference on the paged fragment @frag
  * or recycles the page via the page_pool API.
  */
-static inline void __skb_frag_unref(skb_frag_t *frag, bool recycle)
+static inline void __skb_frag_unref(skb_frag_t *frag, bool recycle, bool napi_safe)
 {
-	napi_frag_unref(frag, recycle, false);
+	struct page *page = skb_frag_page(frag);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
+	if (recycle && napi_pp_put_page(page, napi_safe))
+		return;
+#endif
+	put_page(page);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3559,7 +3550,7 @@ static inline void skb_frag_unref(struct sk_buff *skb, int f)
 	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 
 	if (!skb_zcopy_managed(skb))
-		__skb_frag_unref(&shinfo->frags[f], skb->pp_recycle);
+		__skb_frag_unref(&shinfo->frags[f], skb->pp_recycle, false);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 6d234faa9d9e..ed7f7e960b78 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static void skb_release_data(struct sk_buff *skb, enum skb_drop_reason reason,
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < shinfo->nr_frags; i++)
-		napi_frag_unref(&shinfo->frags[i], skb->pp_recycle, napi_safe);
+		__skb_frag_unref(&shinfo->frags[i], skb->pp_recycle, napi_safe);
 
 free_head:
 	if (shinfo->frag_list)
@@ -4205,7 +4205,7 @@ int skb_shift(struct sk_buff *tgt, struct sk_buff *skb, int shiftlen)
 		fragto = &skb_shinfo(tgt)->frags[merge];
 
 		skb_frag_size_add(fragto, skb_frag_size(fragfrom));
-		__skb_frag_unref(fragfrom, skb->pp_recycle);
+		__skb_frag_unref(fragfrom, skb->pp_recycle, false);
 	}
 
 	/* Reposition in the original skb */
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index bf8ed36b1ad6..5dc6381f34fb 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void destroy_record(struct tls_record_info *record)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < record->num_frags; i++)
-		__skb_frag_unref(&record->frags[i], false);
+		__skb_frag_unref(&record->frags[i], false, false);
 	kfree(record);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_strp.c b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
index ca1e0e198ceb..85b41f226978 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_strp.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void tls_strp_flush_anchor_copy(struct tls_strparser *strp)
 	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&shinfo->dataref) != 1);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < shinfo->nr_frags; i++)
-		__skb_frag_unref(&shinfo->frags[i], false);
+		__skb_frag_unref(&shinfo->frags[i], false, false);
 	shinfo->nr_frags = 0;
 	if (strp->copy_mode) {
 		kfree_skb_list(shinfo->frag_list);
