diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 3d6978dd0aa8..4045d7c484a1 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 
 #include "dev.h"
 #include "devmem.h"
+#include "net-sysfs.h"
 #include "netmem_priv.h"
 #include "sock_destructor.h"
 
@@ -1519,7 +1520,8 @@ void napi_consume_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int budget)
 
 	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!in_softirq());
 
-	if (skb->alloc_cpu != smp_processor_id() && !skb_shared(skb)) {
+	if (!static_branch_unlikely(&skb_defer_disable_key) &&
+	    skb->alloc_cpu != smp_processor_id() && !skb_shared(skb)) {
 		skb_release_head_state(skb);
 		return skb_attempt_defer_free(skb);
 	}