diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index ba3ae2d8092f..05f5eeef539f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -684,8 +684,7 @@ static void veth_xdp_rcv_bulk_skb(struct veth_rq *rq, void **frames,
 	void *skbs[VETH_XDP_BATCH];
 	int i;
 
-	if (xdp_alloc_skb_bulk(skbs, n_xdpf,
-			       GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO) < 0) {
+	if (unlikely(!napi_skb_cache_get_bulk(skbs, n_xdpf))) {
 		for (i = 0; i < n_xdpf; i++)
 			xdp_return_frame(frames[i]);
 		stats->rx_drops += n_xdpf;