diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index d898b32dedcc..bba1330757c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ static inline u32 skb_mstamp_us_delta(const struct skb_mstamp *t1,
   *	@napi_id: id of the NAPI struct this skb came from
  *	@secmark: security marking
  *	@mark: Generic packet mark
- *	@dropcount: total number of sk_receive_queue overflows
  *	@vlan_proto: vlan encapsulation protocol
  *	@vlan_tci: vlan tag control information
  *	@inner_protocol: Protocol (encapsulation)
@@ -641,7 +640,6 @@ struct sk_buff {
 #endif
 	union {
 		__u32		mark;
-		__u32		dropcount;
 		__u32		reserved_tailroom;
 	};
 
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 0996fe451e5f..38369d3580a1 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2078,13 +2078,27 @@ static inline int sock_intr_errno(long timeo)
 	return timeo == MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT ? -ERESTARTSYS : -EINTR;
 }
 
+struct sock_skb_cb {
+	u32 dropcount;
+};
+
+/* Store sock_skb_cb at the end of skb->cb[] so protocol families
+ * using skb->cb[] would keep using it directly and utilize its
+ * alignement guarantee.
+ */
+#define SOCK_SKB_CB_OFFSET ((FIELD_SIZEOF(struct sk_buff, cb) - \
+			    sizeof(struct sock_skb_cb)))
+
+#define SOCK_SKB_CB(__skb) ((struct sock_skb_cb *)((__skb)->cb + \
+			    SOCK_SKB_CB_OFFSET))
+
 #define sock_skb_cb_check_size(size) \
-	BUILD_BUG_ON((size) > FIELD_SIZEOF(struct sk_buff, cb))
+	BUILD_BUG_ON((size) > SOCK_SKB_CB_OFFSET)
 
 static inline void
 sock_skb_set_dropcount(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	skb->dropcount = atomic_read(&sk->sk_drops);
+	SOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->dropcount = atomic_read(&sk->sk_drops);
 }
 
 void __sock_recv_timestamp(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index bbedbfcb42c2..b78cf601a021 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -731,9 +731,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__sock_recv_wifi_status);
 static inline void sock_recv_drops(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
 				   struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_RXQ_OVFL) && skb && skb->dropcount)
+	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_RXQ_OVFL) && skb && SOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->dropcount)
 		put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RXQ_OVFL,
-			sizeof(__u32), &skb->dropcount);
+			sizeof(__u32), &SOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->dropcount);
 }
 
 void __sock_recv_ts_and_drops(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,