diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 7ed3a3aa6604..a803d792df1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2633,6 +2633,7 @@ int dev_get_phys_port_id(struct net_device *dev,
 			 struct netdev_phys_port_id *ppid);
 int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			struct netdev_queue *txq);
+int __dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d2c8a06b3a98..11d70e3afefa 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1661,6 +1661,29 @@ bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_skb_forwardable);
 
+int __dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY) {
+		if (skb_copy_ubufs(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
+			atomic_long_inc(&dev->rx_dropped);
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			return NET_RX_DROP;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(!is_skb_forwardable(dev, skb))) {
+		atomic_long_inc(&dev->rx_dropped);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		return NET_RX_DROP;
+	}
+
+	skb_scrub_packet(skb, true);
+	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__dev_forward_skb);
+
 /**
  * dev_forward_skb - loopback an skb to another netif
  *
@@ -1681,24 +1704,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_skb_forwardable);
  */
 int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY) {
-		if (skb_copy_ubufs(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
-			atomic_long_inc(&dev->rx_dropped);
-			kfree_skb(skb);
-			return NET_RX_DROP;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (unlikely(!is_skb_forwardable(dev, skb))) {
-		atomic_long_inc(&dev->rx_dropped);
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return NET_RX_DROP;
-	}
-
-	skb_scrub_packet(skb, true);
-	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
-
-	return netif_rx_internal(skb);
+	return __dev_forward_skb(dev, skb) ?: netif_rx_internal(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_forward_skb);