diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 843d6ebc525e..5cc78e6930b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ struct sk_buff *ndisc_build_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	int hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
 	int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
 	int len;
-	int err;
 	u8 *opt;
 
 	if (!dev->addr_len)
@@ -451,14 +450,12 @@ struct sk_buff *ndisc_build_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (llinfo)
 		len += ndisc_opt_addr_space(dev);
 
-	skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk,
-				  (MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) +
-				   len + hlen + tlen),
-				  1, &err);
+	skb = alloc_skb((MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) +
+			 len + hlen + tlen), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb) {
 		ND_PRINTK0(KERN_ERR
-			   "ICMPv6 ND: %s() failed to allocate an skb, err=%d.\n",
-			   __func__, err);
+			   "ICMPv6 ND: %s() failed to allocate an skb.\n",
+			   __func__);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -486,6 +483,11 @@ struct sk_buff *ndisc_build_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 					   csum_partial(hdr,
 							len, 0));
 
+	/* Manually assign socket ownership as we avoid calling
+	 * sock_alloc_send_pskb() to bypass wmem buffer limits
+	 */
+	skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk);
+
 	return skb;
 }