diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 2ee5e63195c0..98ff5ac98caa 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_with_frags(unsigned long header_len,
 				     int max_page_order,
 				     int *errcode,
 				     gfp_t gfp_mask);
+struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_for_msg(struct sk_buff *first);
 
 /* Layout of fast clones : [skb1][skb2][fclone_ref] */
 struct sk_buff_fclones {
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 4a712a00243a..b50a5e3ac4e4 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -913,6 +913,31 @@ static struct sk_buff *__skb_clone(struct sk_buff *n, struct sk_buff *skb)
 #undef C
 }
 
+/**
+ * alloc_skb_for_msg() - allocate sk_buff to wrap frag list forming a msg
+ * @first: first sk_buff of the msg
+ */
+struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_for_msg(struct sk_buff *first)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *n;
+
+	n = alloc_skb(0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!n)
+		return NULL;
+
+	n->len = first->len;
+	n->data_len = first->len;
+	n->truesize = first->truesize;
+
+	skb_shinfo(n)->frag_list = first;
+
+	__copy_skb_header(n, first);
+	n->destructor = NULL;
+
+	return n;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_skb_for_msg);
+
 /**
  *	skb_morph	-	morph one skb into another
  *	@dst: the skb to receive the contents
diff --git a/net/strparser/strparser.c b/net/strparser/strparser.c
index e137698e8aef..3fe541b746b0 100644
--- a/net/strparser/strparser.c
+++ b/net/strparser/strparser.c
@@ -160,18 +160,14 @@ static int __strp_recv(read_descriptor_t *desc, struct sk_buff *orig_skb,
 					return 0;
 				}
 
-				skb = alloc_skb(0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+				skb = alloc_skb_for_msg(head);
 				if (!skb) {
 					STRP_STATS_INCR(strp->stats.mem_fail);
 					desc->error = -ENOMEM;
 					return 0;
 				}
-				skb->len = head->len;
-				skb->data_len = head->len;
-				skb->truesize = head->truesize;
-				*_strp_msg(skb) = *_strp_msg(head);
+
 				strp->skb_nextp = &head->next;
-				skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list = head;
 				strp->skb_head = skb;
 				head = skb;
 			} else {