diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 50eb43e5bf459..2acdb8ad6c713 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -879,8 +879,12 @@ static int veth_xdp_rcv(struct veth_rq *rq, int budget,
 
 			stats->xdp_bytes += skb->len;
 			skb = veth_xdp_rcv_skb(rq, skb, bq, stats);
-			if (skb)
-				napi_gro_receive(&rq->xdp_napi, skb);
+			if (skb) {
+				if (skb_shared(skb) || skb_unclone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC))
+					netif_receive_skb(skb);
+				else
+					napi_gro_receive(&rq->xdp_napi, skb);
+			}
 		}
 		done++;
 	}