diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 0d3cc115f2e7..c02f0a507ba8 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -6823,6 +6823,11 @@ static int pskb_carve_inside_header(struct sk_buff *skb, const u32 off,
 	skb_copy_from_linear_data_offset(skb, off, data, new_hlen);
 	skb->len -= off;
 
+	/* Remove SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS instead of trying to honour it
+	 * while refcounting frags below.
+	 */
+	skb_zcopy_downgrade_managed(skb);
+
 	memcpy((struct skb_shared_info *)(data + size),
 	       skb_shinfo(skb),
 	       offsetof(struct skb_shared_info,
@@ -6936,6 +6941,11 @@ static int pskb_carve_inside_nonlinear(struct sk_buff *skb, const u32 off,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	size = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(size);
 
+	/* Remove SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS instead of trying to honour it
+	 * while refcounting frags below.
+	 */
+	skb_zcopy_downgrade_managed(skb);
+
 	memcpy((struct skb_shared_info *)(data + size),
 	       skb_shinfo(skb), offsetof(struct skb_shared_info, frags[0]));
 	if (skb_orphan_frags(skb, gfp_mask)) {