diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 393c38e9f6aa799a27681f2405750d43081788f9..0f778d3c43006620b237f20844688712fe6454a5 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1531,6 +1531,8 @@ struct sk_buff *sock_wmalloc(struct sock *sk, unsigned long size, int force,
 			     gfp_t priority);
 void __sock_wfree(struct sk_buff *skb);
 void sock_wfree(struct sk_buff *skb);
+struct sk_buff *sock_omalloc(struct sock *sk, unsigned long size,
+			     gfp_t priority);
 void skb_orphan_partial(struct sk_buff *skb);
 void sock_rfree(struct sk_buff *skb);
 void sock_efree(struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 742f68c9c84a2b73f2df6069ad24469f0c233088..1261880bdcc81cf78cc240536dc662d92c7845c6 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1923,6 +1923,33 @@ struct sk_buff *sock_wmalloc(struct sock *sk, unsigned long size, int force,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_wmalloc);
 
+static void sock_ofree(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
+
+	atomic_sub(skb->truesize, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
+}
+
+struct sk_buff *sock_omalloc(struct sock *sk, unsigned long size,
+			     gfp_t priority)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	/* small safe race: SKB_TRUESIZE may differ from final skb->truesize */
+	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_omem_alloc) + SKB_TRUESIZE(size) >
+	    sysctl_optmem_max)
+		return NULL;
+
+	skb = alloc_skb(size, priority);
+	if (!skb)
+		return NULL;
+
+	atomic_add(skb->truesize, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
+	skb->sk = sk;
+	skb->destructor = sock_ofree;
+	return skb;
+}
+
 /*
  * Allocate a memory block from the socket's option memory buffer.
  */