diff --git a/net/core/skmsg.c b/net/core/skmsg.c
index 28115ef742e8..036cdb33a94a 100644
--- a/net/core/skmsg.c
+++ b/net/core/skmsg.c
@@ -590,23 +590,42 @@ static void sock_drop(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
+static void sk_psock_skb_state(struct sk_psock *psock,
+			       struct sk_psock_work_state *state,
+			       struct sk_buff *skb,
+			       int len, int off)
+{
+	spin_lock_bh(&psock->ingress_lock);
+	if (sk_psock_test_state(psock, SK_PSOCK_TX_ENABLED)) {
+		state->skb = skb;
+		state->len = len;
+		state->off = off;
+	} else {
+		sock_drop(psock->sk, skb);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_bh(&psock->ingress_lock);
+}
+
 static void sk_psock_backlog(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct sk_psock *psock = container_of(work, struct sk_psock, work);
 	struct sk_psock_work_state *state = &psock->work_state;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	bool ingress;
 	u32 len, off;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&psock->work_mutex);
-	if (state->skb) {
+	if (unlikely(state->skb)) {
+		spin_lock_bh(&psock->ingress_lock);
 		skb = state->skb;
 		len = state->len;
 		off = state->off;
 		state->skb = NULL;
-		goto start;
+		spin_unlock_bh(&psock->ingress_lock);
 	}
+	if (skb)
+		goto start;
 
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&psock->ingress_skb))) {
 		len = skb->len;
@@ -621,9 +640,8 @@ start:
 							  len, ingress);
 			if (ret <= 0) {
 				if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
-					state->skb = skb;
-					state->len = len;
-					state->off = off;
+					sk_psock_skb_state(psock, state, skb,
+							   len, off);
 					goto end;
 				}
 				/* Hard errors break pipe and stop xmit. */
@@ -722,6 +740,11 @@ static void __sk_psock_zap_ingress(struct sk_psock *psock)
 		skb_bpf_redirect_clear(skb);
 		sock_drop(psock->sk, skb);
 	}
+	kfree_skb(psock->work_state.skb);
+	/* We null the skb here to ensure that calls to sk_psock_backlog
+	 * do not pick up the free'd skb.
+	 */
+	psock->work_state.skb = NULL;
 	__sk_psock_purge_ingress_msg(psock);
 }