diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index f8eda0276f03..a848ffc327f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1488,6 +1488,9 @@ struct napi_gro_cb {
 
 	/* Used in ipv6_gro_receive() */
 	int	proto;
+
+	/* used in skb_gro_receive() slow path */
+	struct sk_buff *last;
 };
 
 #define NAPI_GRO_CB(skb) ((struct napi_gro_cb *)(skb)->cb)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c0946cb2b354..e5942bf45a6d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3451,6 +3451,8 @@ static int napi_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct list_head *head = &ptype_base[ntohs(type) & PTYPE_HASH_MASK];
 	int err = -ENOENT;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct napi_gro_cb) > sizeof(skb->cb));
+
 	if (NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->count == 1) {
 		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = 0;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 4007c1437fda..3f0636cd76cd 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3004,7 +3004,7 @@ int skb_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb_shinfo(nskb)->gso_size = pinfo->gso_size;
 	pinfo->gso_size = 0;
 	skb_header_release(p);
-	nskb->prev = p;
+	NAPI_GRO_CB(nskb)->last = p;
 
 	nskb->data_len += p->len;
 	nskb->truesize += p->truesize;
@@ -3030,8 +3030,8 @@ merge:
 
 	__skb_pull(skb, offset);
 
-	p->prev->next = skb;
-	p->prev = skb;
+	NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->last->next = skb;
+	NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->last = skb;
 	skb_header_release(skb);
 
 done: